BROADCAST FINALS: Another night of reruns, with these results: ABC 0.14-0.33, CBS 0.22-0.41, NBC 0.24-0.27, FOX 0.38/0.17, CW 0.10. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games owned the night, led by the primetime PEACH BOWL at 1.80 and other games at 1.23/0.86/0.58. Cable news was led […]
Another Sunday with Game of Thrones probably beating everything on broadcast TV. CBS: BIG BROTHER was the highest-rated show on the networks last night, with a 2.2 that was about 10% below the show’s Sunday premiere last year. That wasn’t enough to give CBS the nightly win, because nothing else on the schedule was higher […]
NBC has joined CBS, FOX and CW in announcing the dates of its 2012-13 season finales (some of which, in NBC’s case, extend beyond the end of the regular season): WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8PM: Whitney (1-hour finale) THURSDAY MARCH 28 8:30PM: 1600 Penn TUESDAY APRIL 2 9PM: The New Normal (1-hour finale) THURSDAY APRIL […]
NETWORK FINALS: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 2.9, down 1.4 from last week’s game. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The NBA beat the NFL on cable, as TNT’s basketball doubleheader was at 0.74/0.62, while NFL Network’s portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was […]
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]
Small declines. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 chart. […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.08 to 0.61, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.04 to 0.34. CBS: Reruns at 0.30/0.25/0.23/0.21. NBC: THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.47, and THAT’S MY JAM was down 0.05 to 0.32. FOX: 9-1-1 edged up 0.02 to 0.53, and FANTASY ISLAND was down 0.04 to 0.17. CW: […]
>ABC won another Wednesday, thanks to a very solid schedule top to bottom. NBC launched its new Wednesday 8-9 comedy hour to okay results, but remember in week two Whitney and Chelsea will face the venerable American Idol each week. Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Wednesday ABC CBS […]