BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s WORLD SERIES Game 2 was at 2.42, down 0.43 from Game 1, but up 0.18 from 2021’s Game 2 (on a Wednesday).  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.30.  CBS’s NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.23.  On CW, MAGIC WITH THE STARS ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was […]

  In a small but significant change to its fall schedule, ABC has switched the timeslots of SUBURGATORY and its new THE NEIGHBORS, shifting Suburgatory to the post-Modern Family slot at 9:30PM and moving Neighbors back to 8:30, where it will run after The Middle. Those of us who have seen Neighbors (our pilot report […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Horse Racing: […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from 2 weeks off, STATION 19 gained 0.02 to 0.64, GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.07 to 0.70, and BIG SKY ticked down to 0.34. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.03 to 0.69, UNITED STATES OF AL slipped 0.02 to 0.43, GHOSTS lost 0.03 to 0.50, and B POSITIVE was down 0.02 […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  It’s burn-off season at CBS, where back-to-back episodes of the canceled ME, MYSELF & I and LIVING BIBLICALLY aired at identical 0.2 ratings that won’t change anyone’s minds about their exits.  The rest of the ratings news was all sports, with NBC’s NASCAR race at 0.8, and FOX’s regional baseball coverage at 0.4. DEMOGRAPHIC […]

> After 3 years of the morass that was Laurence Fishburne’s tenure, the original CSI:  CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, now with a new Wednesday 10PM timeslot, may have recaptured some of its old mojo.  The potential hero of the tale is Ted Danson, newly installed as D.B. Russell, head of the squad after Fishburne’s execution of […]

> (Note:  SHOWBUZZDAILY had a pilot report on this show back when it was called Are You There, Vodka?  It’s Me, Chelsea.  Since then, it’s been substantially recast and reshot, not to mention retitled, so we’re taking a fresh look at it.) ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? – Wednesdays 8:30PM on NBC – If Nothing Else […]