BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.27, an ABC FALL PREVIEW promo special was at 0.21.  Following more reruns at 0.23/0.15, SPIRIT OF A NATION was at 0.11. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.06 to 0.75, and the season finale of THE CHALLENGE was down 0.04 to 0.36. NBC:  PASSWORD was at 0.47, and […]

>FOX took Wednesday night with a 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm.  A 90-minute X Factor bounced back to a 3.7 rating from 8:00-9:30 after a Thanksgiving week lull.  I Hate My Teenage Daughter premiered at 9:30 with a 2.8 rating, good enough to win the half hour because ABC and CBS were in repeats.  However, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The Big 4 networks all aired primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, with ABC at 0.43, CBS at 1.85, NBC at 0.49, and FOX at 0.45.  NBC’s SNL was steady with last week’s premiere at 0.73.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–currently we don’t have any cable ratings below […]

>Last night, FOX won again with a slipping X Factor and the premiere of Bones.  FOX averaged a 3.5 Thursday night, up sharply from the 2.2 the network averaged the same night last year with Bones and Fringe.  CBS was in second place with a 3.3 rating, down a touch from a 3.4 last year.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 fell 0.08 to 0.45, GREY’S ANATOMY lost 0.06 to 0.40, and ALASKA DAILY was down 0.09 to 0.17. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON ticked up to 0.57, GHOSTS gained 0.02 to 0.55, SO HELP ME TODD was steady at 0.32, and CSI: VEGAS ticked down to 0.27. NBC:  LAW & ORDER […]

>Friday viewing patterns are pretty much locked in.  A brief review of the broadcast networks follow for the record.  TBS coverage of two exciting one-run Game 5’s in the National League will be reported when available.  CBS won the third Friday night of the season with a 1.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  A Gifted Man has […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 1.60. CBS:  A night of Christmas special reruns at 0.39/0.31/0.20. NBC:  Christmas special reruns at 0.55/0.33, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.32. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped 0.02 to 0.54. CW:  Rerun Christmas specials at 0.06/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  A movie at 0.19. UNIVISION:  VENCER LA AUSENCIA dropped 0.08 to […]

>   See A Word About Busted Pilots For the most part, actors only get one shot in a given pilot season.  Since the lion’s share of network pilots are produced during the same narrow Spring window–allowing them to be picked up and announced at the Upfronts in May–and since actors who play regular characters […]