> AKA the season’s final pre-American Idol Wednesday. NBC: In the absence of the 600-pound gorilla that’s arriving in a week, the new 8-9PM hour did respectably. WHITNEY‘s 2.1 was slightly higher than where Up All Night had settled in last fall, and ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA built a bit on that to a 2.3, […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After a rerun at 0.18, 20/20 fell 0.18 to 0.17. CBS: Reruns at 0.22/0.17/0.19. NBC: After a rerun at 0.19, DATELINE was at 0.25. FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN lost 0.06 to 0.61. CW: Following reruns at 0.06/0.08, GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF ticked up to 0.06. TELEMUNDO: TOP CHEF VIP slipped 0.02 to […]
> Question for the class: are the travails of AMERICAN IDOL and THE X FACTOR good or bad for NBC’s THE VOICE? Discuss among yourselves for the next 4 days. FOX: It’s becoming a familiar song: Idol easily wins the night for FOX, dominates its hour… but at a substantially lower level than it has […]
> If you hear bells pealing and catch sight of Human Beings dancing (well, not so much dancing as meta-dancing that references obscure pop culture artifacts from 20 years ago), it’s because NBC has finally freed COMMUNITY, its low-rated, selectively-beloved, utterly bizarre captive sitcom. As of March 15, Community will be back in its 8PM […]
> WHERE WE WERE: Contra Security, a wacky high-tech firm run by the extravagantly enigmatic Oz (Christian Slater). Contra tests the security measures of its clients by cracking them wide open, staging mock break-ins, robberies, and similar hijinks. Its roster of idiosyncratic experts include hacker Cameron (Bret Harrison), gadget guy Cash (Alphonso McAuley) and, for […]
> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM: RAISING HOPE (Note: after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKING IN will take over its timeslot for 3 weeks, although Breaking will still have a few unaired episodes after that, which will probably […]
> Not so happily ever after? ABC: ONCE UPON A TIME has been on a series-low track since Daylight Savings Time began, and last night it hit a new low 2.7, despite a highly-promoted episode that answered the question of just why the evil Queen hates Snow White. Once still won its hour, but this […]
Little to note. 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 follows the chart. ABC: […]