We noted last night that it wouldn’t be a surprise if the second episode of DO NO HARM turned out to also be its last, and after the ratings dropped from last week’s premiere to an even more horrific 0.7, the series was indeed put out of its misery.  So anyone who really wanted […]

  BIG BROTHER outrated preseason NFL football. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES and the rerun NCIS: LA lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, down 0.4 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE […]

>As expected, it was an odd night on the broadcast networks.  FOX’s Monday line-up was delayed 55 minutes by a very long (11 innings, 4 hours 25 minutes) ALCS Game 2 that started around 4 pm ET.  The primetime portion of the game (8:00-8:55) did a solid 3.4 preliminary 18-49 rating, but it didn’t help […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The finale of JEOPARDY MASTERS rose 0.11 to 0.61, and THE PRANK PANEL premiered at 0.30.  THE GAME SHOW SHOW fell 0.09 to 0.19. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.69, down 0.02 from last week and down a tenth from last May. NBC:  On season finale night, CHICAGO […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a bit of good news for FOX in the afternoon final numbers in that ALMOST HUMAN crept up 0.1 to 2.3, but it was a weird bump, because it all came from new viewers who tuned in at 8:45PM when the show was almost over.  They then seemed to hang […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.6, down 0.4 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, THE SIMPSONS fell 0.5 after football adjustment, while BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS and 60 MINUTES lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s a familiar story […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A marathon of BLACK-ISH reruns at 0.19-0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.31/0.32. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.18/0.18/0.13. FOX:  A MASKED SINGER rerun at 0.24. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.08/0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games commanded the day and night at 0.90/0.56/0.55/0.48.  Food Network’s CHOPPED […]