So:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? THE SWALLOWS AREN’T RETURNING TO CAPISTRANO.  Generally speaking, the TV season has a dynamic that repeats each year.  Every fall, viewers turn up in broad numbers for the launch of new series and return of old favorites, and as the season […]

Another new show could be headed for the exits. ABC:  666 PARK AVENUE continued to fall, down another 0.2 to 1.5, and only a deal with the devil is likely to save it.  Worse for ABC, though, might have been the 3.0 for ONCE UPON A TIME, down 0.4 from last week, and looking like […]

Updated tables throughout. Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) posted a 3.6 rating with Adults 18-49 in the official nationals, still giving FOX a nightly victory but tying the record low 18-49 rating for Game 1 (2006’s Detroit-St Louis series). World Series Game 1 Track.  Game 1 tied the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 18 through Sunday November 24, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

A small cloud in NBC’s perfect Monday playground? NBC:  Last night REVOLUTION hit a new series low of 2.8.  That still makes it a tremendous hit, one that dominates its timeslot and indeed the 10PM hour in general… but it’s the show’s 3rd consecutive drop, and the timing is bad.  Revolution will only air 3 […]

  THE MOODYS can’t end soon enough for FOX. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 16-17, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size.   For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July […]

Not a tuneful evening. ABC:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS collapsed to a 3.4, the highest non-football of the night and somewhat higher than what ABC has been doing on Sundays, but down 0.9 from last year’s telecast. FOX:  Without the benefit of last Sunday’s NFL overtime lead-in, THE SIMPSONS and BOB’S BURGERS were way down […]