>American Idol came to Tuesday night for a special episode.  Although it won the night, the episode was down 41% from the comparable edition last year and had a relatively limited effect on the other networks, whose ratings were not terribly different from last week.               Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network tried to create a late-summer event night, but CINDERELLA: THE REUNION was at 0.30, and the 25th anniversary re-airing of CINDERELLA was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.69, and PASSWORD was up 0.04 to 0.47. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  LEONARDO […]

>ABC tied CBS for first place Friday night with a 1.6 rating from 8-11 pm, thanks to the series finale of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition from 8-10 pm (1.6 rating).  The finale started slowly at 8:00-8:30 with a second place 1.4 but built steadily to a first place 1.8 from 9:30-10:00.  Of course, these numbers […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.24. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION dropped 0.04 to 0.21, followed by a CBS FALL PREVIEW promo special at 0.18, and reruns at 0.15/0.19. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL was at 0.24 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.25.  The season premiere of DATELINE followed at 0.31. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN lost 0.07 to 0.50. […]

>Last night as usual, NBC won the night with an estimated 6.3 Adult 18-49 rating (this is an adjustment from the fast national number to what we think the official national number will be tomorrow morning).  The game itself starting at 8:30 between Pittsburgh and Kansas City posted a 6.7 in the fast nationals, which […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS gained 0.02 to 0.48, THE GOLDBERGS lost 0.02 to 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ticked up to 0.49, and HOME ECONOMICS was also up a tick to 0.33.  BIG SKY likewise gained a tick to 0.25. CBS:  SURVIVOR dropped 0.08 to 0.72, THE REAL LOVE BOAT ticked down to 0.25, and […]

>One full week into the November sweep, we are starting to get a clear picture of the relative position of each network.  FOX is holding on above a 4 rating in first place, up significant double digits over last year.  CBS is in second at a 2.8, up 11% over last November’s first seven days, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s Game 6 of the WORLD SERIES was at 2.93.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.37.  and NBC’s as at 0.63.  (The dominant game of the day was CBS’s afternoon game at 3.41.)  On CW, MAGIC WITH THE STARS ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS held at 0.04.  In […]