There’s a reason CBS is as successful as it is.  PERSON OF INTEREST is just a procedural–albeit one with an unusually complicated premise–but it mixes solid plotting, well-paced action and just enough character backstory to give it a little substance, and the result is an hour of television that works.   Person starts with […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The day was dominated, of course, by NBC’s WINTER OLYMPICS coverage which hit 1.79 in primetime, but that was again down more than 60% from the parallel night in 2018.  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.67.  FOX’s PBC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.19.  CW’s GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN dropped 0.04 to 0.05.   […]

    HATFIELDS & MCCOYS, already a blockbuster hit, kept its best and most compelling hours for last.  Although the conclusion of the 6-hour tale, directed throughout by Kevin Reynolds and with this installment written by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, has its share of tense confrontations and large-scale action, it dwells more on the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.57, THE WONDER YEARS dropped 0.05 to 0.33, THE CONNERS slipped 0.02 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.08 to 0.25.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS fell 0.07 to 0.21. CBS:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE was at 0.66, up 0.12 from last week […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football was back with a vengeance this week — a 6.4 Adult 18-49 rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, the highest-rated game since November 7 (6.9 rating for Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles).   NFL Network was not so lucky Thursday, drawing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons.  The game […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Even by Saturday standards, it was an extremely quiet night on the networs.  CW’s original was at 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On TBS, however, the NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.82/1.88, and the network’s “sneak preview” lead-out of RAT IN THE KITCHEN was at 0.37.  […]

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Thursday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ratings for each show; the capitalized titles are the new shows; and italics are for shows changing their time […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL at 0.39 was followed by an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.11 to 0.58, and UNITED STATES OF AL lost 0.05 to 0.41.  The season finale of GHOSTS slipped 0.04 to 0.56, and HOW WE ROLL fell 0.08 to 0.35.  […]