Friday isn’t yet Saturday for the broadcast networks–there’s still plenty of original programming on the night.  But declining ratings and revenues have made it something like the network Island of Misfit Toys, where shows that skew too old or fall in too narrow a niche share space with miscellaneous newsmagazines and reality shows.  It’s […]

>Two and a Half Men premiered with a 10.3 Adult 18-49 rating, about equal to a good Sunday Night Football game but not at the level of an AFC Championship game, as CBS head Les Moonves boldly predicted.  Nonetheless, this is a great number to welcome Ashton Kutcher to the show.  Can the show maintain […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.3, and ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at 0.65/0.64/0.40.  The Hallmark Christmas movie season has begun with CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of THE CATCH only got lower in final numbers, down 0.1 to a dismal 0.8.  GAME OF SILENCE also fell 0.1.  BONES, however, gained 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another day, another NBA PLAYOFFS win, this time for […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 30 through Sunday September 5, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.24/0.20/0.17/0.21. CBS:  The season premiere of BIG BROTHER was at 0.81, down 0.27 from the 2021 premiere.  The broadcast series premiere of THE CHALLENGE was at 0.41. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.30/0.29. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.18. CW:  The season premiere of MYSTERIES DECODED was at 0.04.  A new episode of […]

  A rebound for DANCING WITH THE STARS. 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 […]

  The Sked’s State Of the Network Reports:  NBC and CBS Two good things, and only two, have happened to ABC in 2013.  One is Scandal.  The other is that NBC’s implosion has been so absolute and riveting (and it never stops) that ABC has been in something like a Network Protection Program by comparison. […]