NETWORK UPDATE:  With final numbers in, STATE OF AFFAIRS is now tied for the lead in the 10PM timeslot (albeit at a modest 1.6), because with football simulcasts removed, CASTLE fell 0.3 from this morning’s rating to 1.4.  THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT lost 0.2 to 1.7.  In addition, MIKE & MOLLY gained 0.1. Ratings […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK jumped 0.18 to 0.57, and 20/20 was up 0.14 to 0.49. CBS:  Reruns at 0.24/0.26/0.27. NBC:  HOME SWEET HOME lost 0.02 to 0.16, and DATELINE was down 0.02 to 0.33. FOX:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES was at 2.41, up from 2020’s 2.0 Game 3. CW:  The special […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.07 to 0.62, and QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.47/0.38/0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.03 to 0.79, LA BREA fell 0.14 to 0.46 (between the 2 shows, the network ran a 5-minute promo for next summer’s JURASSIC WORLD installment, which was rated at 0.67).  […]

  FOX got the New Year’s present it wanted.  (Well, mostly.) 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 […]

    This year, the original Las Vegas-set CSI, about to begin its 12th season on the air, faced not one but two crossroads.  A couple of years earlier, the show’s original star William L. Petersen had decided a decade was enough, and decided not to renew his contract.  Conventional wisdom has it that an […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On midseason finale night, STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.62, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.07 to 0.61, and BIG SKY was down 0.03 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.27/0.29/0.24/0.22. NBC:  After a WOMEN OF WORTH special at 0.18, a run of the COAT OF MANY COLORS movie was at 0.20. FOX:  THURSDAY […]

We’ll be looking at the networks’ trailers for their new shows all week at SHOWBUZZDAILY  Let’s start things off with NBC’s big-ticket new Monday night drama REVOLUTION.         REVOLUTION – NBC – MONDAYS 10PM   WHAT IT’S SAYING:   Movie-sized spectacle from JJ Abrams and the director of Iron Man. WHAT IT’S […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Naturally the day and night were dominated by ABC’s NFL games (branded as “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” despite the calendar) at 2.65/3.19.  The other networks mostly featured reruns, although CW’s originals returned at 0.09/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, the NFL games were at 1.98/1.81.  Hallmark’s […]