BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.51, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD was steady at 0.50, THE CHASE dipped 0.03 to 0.34, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.04 to 0.26. CBS:  With a huge lead-in from the late national NFL game, the EMMY AWARDS had a robust rise to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Thanksgiving edition of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 7.4 in final numbers.  However, what the NFL giveth, it taketh away, and with the football overrun removed, FOX’s CAUSE FOR PAWS lost 0.3.  ELEMENTARY gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK inched up 0.02 to 0.54, and 20/20 was down 0.03 to 0.33 CBS:  SWAT gained 0.07 to 0.50, MAGNUM PI was steady at 0.40, and BLUE BLOODS ticked down to 0.41. NBC:  The premiere of HOME SWEET HOME was at 0.21, about the same as the scripted reruns that […]

  Afternoon adjustments will tell more of last night’s tale. 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). Ratings […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS ticked up to 0.71, and a COUNTDOWN TO THE CMA AWARDS special was at 0.24. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dipped 0.04 to 0.61, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.03 to 0.50, NCIS gained 0.05 to 0.64, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.03 to 0.45. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  after the night’s NFL overruns were accounted for, UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.2 to 1.8, and the sliver of CSI that was in primetime was at 1.4.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, meanwhile, adjusted up to 6.6, up half a point from the previous week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  note that unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to November 18, due to Thanksgiving. ABC:  A special 20/20 featuring an ALEC BALDWIN INTERVIEW was at 0.45, and GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT ended at 0.26. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.09 to 0.64, UNITED STATES OF AL dipped 0.03 to 0.46, GHOSTS held at 0.55, […]

  CW only programs 10 hours per week , but with its many bubble shows and outright failures, it’s generating plenty of activity.  Today it ordered 5 new dramas, and renewed bubble shows HART OF DIXIE and NIKITA.  Dixie‘s return isn’t a tremendous surprise, since it often outperforms its companion show Gossip Girl (itself currently […]