CBS doesn’t typically cultivate daring in its fall schedules, but this year it’s making one exception.  Here’s a quick look (new shows are in ALL CAPS, new timeslots are in italics): MONDAY Sept-Oct 8PM:  The Big Bang Theory 8:30PM:  LIFE IN PIECES Nov 8PM:  SUPERGIRL 9PM:  Scorpion 10PM:  NCIS: LA Running Supergirl against Gotham isn’t as […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.18, 20/20 fell 0.18 to 0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.22/0.17/0.19. NBC:  After a rerun at 0.19, DATELINE was at 0.25. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN lost 0.06 to 0.61. CW:  Following reruns at 0.06/0.08, GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF ticked up to 0.06. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP slipped 0.02 to […]

  It was a bad night on the networks to be anything but sports.  Note:  the football and baseball numbers below are adjusted to estimate where the final numbers will be after western time zones are taken into account tomorrow. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME proved once and for all that Disney doesn’t interfere with […]

  Broadcast TV is sinking into its holiday torpor. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Soccer: FIFA World Cup: The Finals Saturday 3.4 rating ESPN 3:30-6:00 pm Brazil vs Netherlands […]

    The Season 2 finale for CW’s NIKITA was probably shot with the idea that it could well be the series finale–and logically it should have been, considering the show’s ratings.  In recent weeks, Nikita has had a 0.4 rating in 18-49s, making it what has to be one of the lowest-watched shows ever […]

> 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’S Big 10 Championship  COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.7, and ABC’s ACC Championship ended up at 1.6.  Both CBS’s reruns of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and CRIMINAL MINDS fell 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With […]