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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW gained another 0.1 in final ratings, putting it at 3.4.  THE VOICE also rose 0.1, but both THE MINDY PROJECT and SUPERNATURAL lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Of course the SONS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS lost a tick to 0.46, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE dropped 0.06 to 0.44, SUPERMARKET SWEEP fell 0.08 to 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.04 to 0.32. CBS:  Comparisons are to October 10, the last time the network didn’t have the afternoon […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After the special THE MAGIC MAKER at 0.18, reruns at 0.24/0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 1.57 (boosted by an NFL lead-in)/0.92/0.62/0.41 NBC:  The primetime NFL game was at 5.66, below the 6.1 for the primetime holiday game in 2019. FOX:  The chart has been corrected with the MLS SEMIFINAL game ratings added […]

  So much for those “safe” 2d position pilot deals for the cast:  while ABC is, indeed, canceling COUGAR TOWN, the show isn’t going to that badly-titled place in the sky.  Instead, TBS has ordered a 4th season of the show, to go along with its reruns of the existing episodes.  The new season will […]

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 51: December 13-19, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  Mitch Metcalf and I, along with veteran network executive Ted Frank, have put together our own versions of the schedules (the real ones will be announced at the nework Upfronts in New York next week). We’ve already posted our recommended NBC, FOX and ABC schedules.  CBS will be the last of the major networks […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR dropped 0.11 to 0.73.  A rerun JUDGE STEVE HARVEY followed at 0.23. CBS:  A night of reruns at 0.44/0.28/0.23/0.24. NBC:  KENAN was at 0.35/0.29 compared to last week’s 0.34/0.26.  THAT’S MY JAM gained 0.04 to 0.41, and ORDINARY JOE ticked up to 0.23. FOX:  9-1-1: LONE STAR fell 0.11 […]