> 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR lost 0.06 to 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.37/0.34/0.29. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.53 and QUANTUM LEAP was up 0.02 to 0.29. FOX:  A TMZ INVESTIGATES special was at 0.36, and ALERT was steady at 0.29. CW:  ALL-AMERICAN […]

> 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 news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 9: February 20-26, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 21 through Sunday January 27, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

> 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:  Returning from a 3-week break, THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.45, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.04 to 0.27, and WILL TRENT was up 0.04 to 0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.23/0.21. NBC:  After a rerun NIGHT COURT at 0.28, AMERICAN AUTO lost 0.03 to 0.24, THE VOICE was down 0.04 to 0.46, […]

> 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 […]