The hills were mostly alive with the sound of football on network TV last night, but there was some music there too. ABC:  Carrie Underwood and her companions notwithstanding, the 1965 film version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, which has been airing on network TV since 1976, was up 0.2 from last year’s broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.8.  In addition, the 9PM DATELINE lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER was down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, the COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.72/0.24/0.22/0.22/0.18, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from Wednesday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The series finale of FX’s THE AMERICANS rose 0.03 to 0.22.  The season finale of Freeform’s FAMOUS IN LOVE dropped 0.03 to 0.08.   NBC Sports Net’s STANLEY CUP […]

>Back to a first place tie on Thursday between CBS (with mostly original episodes this week) and FOX (with Idol down to a one-hour edition) followed by The Finder.  You will notice we do not have year-to-year comparisons for this night.  Two very helpful readers identified a problem with recent year-ago comparisons, and it is […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1 in final numbers, down 0.9 from last Sunday’s game.  FOX’s MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT lost 0.1.  After adjustments for the late afternoon NFL overrun, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1, and UNDERCOVER BOSS climbed 0.2. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Either Showtime or […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.42/0.30/0.26/0.27/0.22. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT rose 0.11 to 0.64, LINGO gained 0.09 to 0.47, and TOUGH AS NAILS was up 0.07 to 0.34. NBC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.32/0.34. FOX:  NAME THAT TUNE ticked down to 0.35, and SPECIAL FORCES ticked up to 0.33. CW:  Reruns at 0.10/0.05. […]

  Mostly there was football. 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 […]

  ABC has joined the club of networks issuing pick-up orders, as well as renewing the bubble show SCANDAL for a 2d season. The new shows include 3 dramas and 2 comedies, all from in-house ABC Studios: NASHVILLE has been buzzed as a frontrunner from the start, and the buzz turned out to be right.  […]