Two hours of Extant weren’t better than one. CBS:  In a hurry to get its EXTANT season over, CBS ran back-to-back episodes last night, and scored 1.0/0.9, the latter of which gave the show a new series low.  This was particularly ugly since the night started with BIG BROTHER climbing 0.2 to 2.3. NBC:  […]

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week).  The NFL Sunday Night Football game on NBC is a preliminary 8.0 adult 18-49 rating but that should rise to about a 9.4 in the official nationals when the time zones are adjusted for the […]

  NBC’s trailers for its fall series continue.  Next up:  the sitcom WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, featuring Mike O’Malley and Mary McCormick as a couple whose teen daughter falls in love with (and gets pregnant by) the valedictorian son of a Latino family, forcing them to all get to know each other. NBC’s journey down […]

SUNDAY SPORTS.  The calm before the storm of next week’s Super Bowl Sunday: the most watched sporting event of the year, the most watched telecast of the year, and the most viewed day of the year.  A kind of typical winter Sunday with two NBA games on ABC and a golf tournament on CBS with […]

  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA:  Wednesday 8PM on NBC starting September 24 (premieres 10PM on September 17) – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Star Debra Messing, and central co-stars Josh Lucas and Laz Alonso.  The Spanish TV series on which it’s based.  US series creator Jeff Rake, who’s worked on an assortment of shows over the past decade […]

  The holidays kicked in, with only one non-rerun on broadcast TV. 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 […]

  A lackluster night for just about everyone. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the Michigan vs. Florida State ORANGE BOWL dominated Friday cable at 3.36, and other COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games included Nebraska vs. Tennessee […]