BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY was at 0.56, THE PARENT TEST was at 0.45, and THE CHASE returned at 0.31. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON aired for the first time since December 8, up a tenth to 0.65.  The rest of the line-up aired for the first time since December 15, with GHOSTS steady at 0.59, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION gained 0.06 to 0.24, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was up 0.03 to 0.47. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked up to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP rose 0.09 to 0.28, AMOR VALIENTE was […]

  A troublesomely low night for NBC. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT took a sizable 0.4 hit last night, down to a season low 2.1.  That wasn’t good for CAMP, which tied its 1.0 low.  As to Camp, although one might think the show would skew much younger than reruns of SVU–and it does–its 18-49 rating […]

>   At this point, it would be fairly shocking if the NFL and its players didn’t settle their labor dispute in time to have a full pro football season.  (That sound is NBC falling to its knees in relief.)  One issue that seems likely to remain unresolved in the new labor agreement is the […]

> SMASH, the ambitious musical drama that was intended from the start to be NBC’s new signature series (even if for some of us, it’s become a bit smudged) has officially been renewed for a 2d season. This was pretty much an inevitability.  Not only is a huge amount of the network’s struggle for renewed […]

> The Emmys, of all show-business awards, lend themselves least to surprise.  That’s because they’re the only group that nominate and award continuing series, meaning that the same high-quality shows repeat year after year.  (There was a stretch where it seemed like Frasier had started winning Best Comedy during the Truman Administration.)  You can’t really […]

    Tell the understudies to start learning their lines, as NBC wants it to be known that the Season 2 version of SMASH, under new showrunner Josh Safran, will be markedly different from the generally assailed Season 1.  No less than 4 major characters are being written out, and all the exits target the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no joy for NBC in final Tuesday numbers, which remained as-is for the network’s line-up.  The DANCING WITH THE STARS cycle finale, however, gained 0.1, as did NCIS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NOTE:  Due to […]