> Not a great night for bubble shows. CBS:  On a night where CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS both won their hours and were up slightly from last week, A GIFTED MAN went down 0.1 and tied for 3rd place at 8PM. FOX:  KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and FRINGE were both down 0.1 from last week, but […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Sorry for today’s technical difficulties.  We don’t yet have final network charts, but these are the changes from morning numbers:  AMERICAN IDOL and the season finale of THE GOOD DOCTOR each gained 0.1, while GOOD GIRLS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RIVERDALE lost the same.            Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note–due to Thanksgiving Eve last week, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader was at 0.55 (North […]

>FOX, NBC and ABC each edged up one tenth of a rating point from last week’s soft Valentine’s Day levels, but CBS was down another two tenths from last week.  Emblematic of the weak network numbers across the week, two networks were well above a 3.0 rating on this night last year, while none could […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday May 29, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted yesterday, the final rating for the ACADEMY AWARDS was 9.1.  The LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET pre-show ratings were released in half-hour increments at 2.2/3.5/5.2. In addition, the NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  UNDERCOVER BOSS may have gone too far undercover. 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 follows […]

    More, more, more news from The Peacock: Try to hold on to your lunch:  WHITNEY is back, lack of quality (and even lack of ratings) apparently not meaning too much at the network these days.  (At least it seems to be confirmed that PARKS & RECREATION has a full 22-episode order, not the […]