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 […]