True crime is still an audience draw. 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 and comparisons […]

  A down night for both of Tuesday’s summer hits. 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). […]

  Within CW’s universe of ratings, the return of SUPERNATURAL was a big deal. 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 […]

  We’re continuing our look at NBC’s crop of trailers for its fall shows (apart from The Blacklist, the network doesn’t seem to be releasing pieces for its midseason series right now), and next up is the return of a TV icon (for those who were watching TV in 1967):  IRONSIDE. What becomes increasingly clear […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.49.  In addition, the SVU rerun dropped to the next-lowest tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated Saturday cable with UFC PRELIMS at 0.36, an NBA doubleheader at 0.36/0.28, TOP RANK BOXING at 0.23 and […]

> On summer Sunday nights, the 4 broadcast networks air a grand total of zero hours of original scripted programming; instead, viewers get a strict diet of animated repeats (FOX) and unscripted series like Big Brother (CBS), America’s Got Talent (NBC) and The Bachelorette (ABC).  Looking at the schedule, one would assume that there’s no […]

>Premiering tonight after Modern Family on ABC (at 9:30/ 8:30 Central) is Don’t Trust the B- in Apt. 23 (formerly titled Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23 or simply Apt. 23 during the upfront season last year, when this review from Mitch Salem was originally posted.   Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and both MASTERS OF ILLUSION episodes lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s heavily hyped new original OUTCAST had a terrible start, premiering at 0.06, a number that makes BANSHEE […]