BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 slipped 0.02 to 0.50, GREY’S ANATOMY was steady at 0.42, and ALASKA DAILY was up 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  The first primetime broadcast games of the NCAA TOURNAMENT were at 0.80/0.88, compared with last year’s 1.35/0.83. NBC:  Reruns at 0.3/0.28/0.25. FOX:  NEXT LEVEL CHEF edged up 0.02 to 0.37, […]

> ABC was in a giving mood today, and the swag was full season pick-ups.  ONCE UPON A TIME, of course, has already richly earned its extra episodes with 2 splendid weeks of ratings.  HAPPY ENDINGS probably cemented its claim last night, when it shot up half a ratings point from the last time it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.24 to 0.41 (without an afternoon basketball boost).  AMERICAN IDOL similarly fell 0.14 to 0.51, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.04 to 0.20. CBS:  With the final round of the Masters as lead-in, 60 MINUTES more than doubled last week, up 0.43 to 0.85.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that the FOX line-up was incorrect, and that the 8PM hour consisted of LAST MAN STANDING at 1.0 (originally listed as an hour at 0.9) followed by THE COOL KIDS at 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 1 through Sunday May 7, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year […]

> WARNING:  If You Watch THE LEAGUE For Its Plot Revelations(?), Spoilers Below THE LEAGUE is no longer the best sitcom on TV that no one’s ever heard of.  The show has become consistently, increasingly popular, so much so that it’s no longer riding in the ratings on the coat-tails of its FX lead-in It’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.23/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR returned at 0.30, followed by a rerun at 0.21. FOX:  A NASCAR race in the afternoon at 0.52 was followed by primetime reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  Although a few legacy shows will air into the summer, the new administration took […]