BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The finale of JEOPARDY MASTERS rose 0.11 to 0.61, and THE PRANK PANEL premiered at 0.30.  THE GAME SHOW SHOW fell 0.09 to 0.19. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.69, down 0.02 from last week and down a tenth from last May. NBC:  On season finale night, CHICAGO […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The HILLARY CLINTON: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE special went up 0.1 in final numbers, as did its BACHELORETTE clip show lead-in, and so did MASTERCHEF.  The new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, however, lost 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  MURDER IN THE FIRST had a fair start for TNT with 0.6 in the 18-49 demo.  […]

> ABC was in a giving mood today, and the swag was full season pick-ups.  ONCE UPON A TIME, of course, has already richly earned its extra episodes with 2 splendid weeks of ratings.  HAPPY ENDINGS probably cemented its claim last night, when it shot up half a ratings point from the last time it […]

  The title BETTER LATE THAN NEVER may also have applied to its late-August launch. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  There’s no keeping EMPIRE down. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]

> It was all trick and no treat last night, especially for one of the networks. FOX:  The network can blame Halloween for distracting some of its family audience, and cite the atypical competition from ABC’s Shrek special, but a 2.1 for TERRA NOVA is still quite alarming.  With only a few episodes remaining until […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.04 to 0.67, and QUEENS was down 0.03 to 0.28. CBS:  Back from 2 weeks of reruns, FBI dropped 0.12 to 0.58, FBI: INTERNATIONAL fell 0.12 to 0.46, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.19 to 0.44. NBC:  A recap episode of THE VOICE was at 0.54, down […]