THE FOLLOWING:  Midseason MONDAY 9PM on FOX WHAT IT’S SAYING:  Jack Bauer meets Hannibal Lecter.  Only this time, Lecter has a cult of imitator serial killers. WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING:  Not for the kiddies.  It may look more like a movie than a continuing series, but it certainly gets its point across.  Kevin […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Unsurprisingly, the day was dominated by the NFL PLAYOFFS, with CBS’s game at 7.03 and NBC’s at 7.05.  The first new SNL of 2022 was at 1.02.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.34/0.14/0.12/0.09, and UFC FIGHT […]

  GLEE isn’t going out with any dignity. 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 analysis and comparisons […]

  A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the 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) give plenty of notes, helpful and otherwise, and critics begin to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP dropped a tenth from Tuesday to 0.54.  THE CHASE was at 0.34/0.27 compared to last week’s 0.34. NBC:  BIG BROTHER CELEBRITY EDITION fell 0.18 from last Wednesday to 0.60.  THE AMAZING RACE lost 0.09 to 0.55.  A rerun of NCIS was at 0.25. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 22, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.68 rating CBS 1:00 pm Florida at LSU 0.39 rating FOX 12:00 pm […]

    The question, as it is every summer:  will the viewers come back in the fall? ABC:  DUETS got off to a bad start last week, and despite little competition, it was down to a 1.5 in its second installment.  ROOKIE BLUE was even with last week at 1.4, but that was 2d place […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The news special PUTIN’S WAR was at 0.24, then 20/20 fell 0.31 to 0.16. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.02 to 0.41, MAGNUM PI dropped 0.08 to 0.35, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.04 to 0.43. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST rose 0.03 to 0.31, and DATELINE was up 0.06 to 0.37. FOX:  WWE […]