BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE held at 0.53, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dipped 0.03 to 0.33, and WILL TRENT was down 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.28/0.25. NBC:  NIGHT COURT continued to fall to earth after its big premiere, down 0.19 to 0.55, and AMERICAN AUTO was down 0.06 to 0.32.  LA BREA aired […]

> The bell tolled for another failed new series last night, which was otherwise fairly stable. ABC:  If SUBURGATORY can hold its rating around last night’s 3 for another week, it should be a strong candidate for an early back order.  (See our PILOT + 1 review.)  The night’s other sitcoms slipped a bit, but […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the original pilot for THE MANDALORIAN (to coincide with the new season starting this week on Disney+) was at 0.29.  20/20 was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT fell 0.13 to 0.33, followed by reruns at 0.21/0.20. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ ticked down to 0.26, YOUNG ROCK gained […]

  THE PASSAGE continued downward. 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 and comparisons follow […]

> The arrival of the World Series meant remarkably little to the other networks last night. FOX:  Last night’s was the lowest rated non-Saturday Game 1 in history, and basically did the same rating for FOX as X Factor has been getting on Wednesdays all season.  If there’s to be any upside for the network […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.29/0.27/0.27/0.19, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost 0.04 to 0.20. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.72.  After a rerun at 0.24, TRUE LIES was down 0.03 to 0.23. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise returned from a 2-week break with MED down 0.11 to 0.48, FIRE down 0.13 to 0.53, and […]

  Due to last week’s State of the Union address, the last-minute postponement the week before that, and other preemptions, most 9-11PM comparisons (and some in the 8PM hour) are to 3 or 4 weeks ago. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult […]

> For one network, a night that moved in the wrong direction. FOX:  Does FOX have to start worrying about X FACTOR?  The show seemed to make its way through the wave of baseball-related preemptions and reschedulings very smoothly, but this week has been troubling.  Both Wednesday and last night, the show has hit season […]