BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped a tenth to 0.38, and 20/20 was down 0.13 to 0.27. CBS:  SWAT ticked down to 0.37, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.05 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down a tenth to 0.33. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.05 to 0.26, GRAND CREW ticked up to 0.17, and DATELINE […]

>   Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and […]

>Last night as usual, NBC won the night with an estimated 6.3 Adult 18-49 rating (this is an adjustment from the fast national number to what we think the official national number will be tomorrow morning).  The game itself starting at 8:30 between Pittsburgh and Kansas City posted a 6.7 in the fast nationals, which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 1.52, down a calamitous 68% from 2020.  Elsewhere, NCIS:  NEW ORLEANS and BOB’S BURGERS adjusted up to the next tenth, while presumably as a result of sports, the adjusted number for CHERRIES WILD was down two-tenths.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  Black Friday was bright for a couple of holiday specials. 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 […]

  Ratings in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports occupied the top 7 slots on Saturday cable, mostly various pieces of ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage, which ranged from 0.61-1.52, interrupted by TBS’s airing of the AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS at 1.05.  After […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.03 to 0.74, and CLAIM TO FAME was steady at 0.37. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.32/0.24/0.21. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR held at 0.35, and a rerun WEAKEST LINK was at 0.31. FOX:  Reruns at 0.28/0.28. CW:  ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO dropped 0.03 to 0.06, and IN THE DARK was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME  and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MLB PLAYOFFS game won Tuesday cable at 2.13.  FX’s AMERICAN […]