BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE rose 0.08 to 0.52, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.09 to 0.34. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD jumped a tenth to 0.59, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA gained 0.03 to 0.44, NCIS rose 0.07 to 0.46, and NCIS: HAWAII was up a tenth to 0.38. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.02 to […]

  One network’s finale night fared better than another’s. 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 […]

  It looks like we’ll never find out what that creepy Damien-like kid was doing with the genetically mutated assassin (or who Amy Irving was supposed to be), let alone what Albert Einstein’s translated final equations were talking about.  After three horribly rated episodes, including a 1.0 this week, ABC has yanked ZERO HOUR from […]

  A partial rebound for ABC. 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 […]

Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention (President Obama, Senator Tim Kaine and VP Joe Biden speaking) attracted 23.7 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three major cable new channels, down 1.1 million from Night 2 (but that is a fairly typical decline for the DNC on Night 3).  In contrast, the RNC […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY special at 0.41 was followed by the season premiere of GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT at 0.40, down from 0.7 in 2020. CBS:  60 MINUTES was steady at 0.58, then ONE LAST TIME: GAGA & BENNETT was at 0.44, followed by a rerun of THE EQUALIZER at […]

Last night ABC dominated primetime with a preliminary 4.4 adult 18-49 rating for Notre Dame at USC.  The convincing victory for the Fighting Irish sealed a perfect 12-0 undefeated season and reserved a spot in the national championship game in January.  The game’s rating will go up to around a 5.1 in the official nationals […]

  UPDATE:  RESURRECTION only got bigger in final numbers, rising 0.2 to a huge 3.8 (crushed by THE WALKING DEAD, but still).  That tied the debut of THE BLACKLIST last fall–and of course BLACKLIST had a giant lead-in from THE VOICE to help launch it.  The midseason premiere of ONCE UPON A TIME went up […]