NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO MED and the NCIS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down 0.02 to 0.79, and THE HUNT FOR THE ZODIAC KILLER was down 0.05 to 0.35.  […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.23/0.25/0.25/0.25. CBS:  After THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT at 0.51, the GRAMMY SALUTE TO PAUL SIMON was at 0,32. NBC:  After a movie at 0.33, THE WHEEL was down 0.05 to 0.28. FOX:  A LEGO special at 0.28. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.05/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON slipped 0.02 to 0.23, […]

> The word “turkey” comes to mind when looking at last night’s pre-holiday landscape. ABC:  The cycle finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was of course the highest rated show of the night and enough to give ABC the Tuesday win, but in keeping with the way this whole cycle has gone, it was distressingly […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.50, down 0.21 from last week (which had an NBA Playoffs boost) and down a tenth from 2021.  The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.76, up a tenth from last week and down 0.12 from last season. CBS:  The […]

  The fall TV season traditionally kicks off with the EMMY AWARDS, and since CBS airs them this year on Sunday September 22, it’s naturally using the telecast to jump-start its fall schedule.  Today the network announced its fall start dates, all but one following the Emmys: Wednesday September 18 8PM:          SURVIVOR Monday September 23 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA ticked down to 0.16.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC held at […]

Amidst the far more serious damage caused by last night’s East Coast storms, network TV schedules were also largely wrecked. NBC:  Fearless of bad karma, NBC aired a new episode of its blackout drama REVOLUTION last night even as millions of Americans lost their electricity, and scored a 3.1, down about 10% from its last […]