Talent competition shows continued to dominate network television. NBC:  After THE VOICE‘s new Tuesday low 3.0 (down 0.2 from last week), AMERICA’S GOT TALENT premiered with a 3.1 rating from 9-11 pm (3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.0 by half hour).  This was its lowest-ever premiere; last year the show debuted with a 3.7 rating, […]

> FOX has announced the premiere dates for their Fall 2011 season.  They’re not featuring any special “previews” before the season officially begins, unlike The CW, but they will have some late premieres (partly due to baseball interrupting their schedule in October).  FOX carries the Emmys on Sunday Sept. 18, and then their shows will […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Despite the NCAA TOURNAMENT’s spillover into primetime, the only CBS adjustment was a 0.1 drop for NCIS: LA. Elsewhere, both the new and rerun episodes of LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1, and the rerun of BOB’S BURGERS lost 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to the many NFL preemptions that affected early numbers, we’ll look at the week-to-week comparisons here. ABC:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO held at 0.5, and 20/20 lost 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  TKO: TOTAL KNOCK-OUT and WHISTLEBLOWER were steady at 0.5/0.3, and an additional hour of WHISTLEBLOWER was also […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL game adjusted to 4.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another holiday weekend day with little original programming, the NFL Network’s Saturday afternoon game (branded with another day of the week) was at 1.53.  ESPN’s trio of […]

  Not much change. 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 of 2). Ratings analysis follows the chart. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The US OPEN coverage and 8PM rerun of THE WALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was a 3-way tie at the top of a low-rated cable night.  USA’s QUEEN OF THE SOUTH rose 0.02 […]