2 hours of THE VOICE was all network TV could muster for excitement last night. 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 […]

> BROADCAST UPFRONT DONE.  Broadcasting & Cable reports that the broadcast upfront market is finished with sales exceeding $8.6 billion for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CW.  Other reports have the total haul over $9 billion.  You can guarantee that network sources are placing the commitments north of $9 billion and that agency sources are […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.21/0.21/0.16/0.21. CBS:  A LET’S MAKE A DEAL special was at 0.41, and a THE PRICE IS RIGHT special was at 0.52.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.35/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.12 to 0.46, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.09 to 0.34. […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  The double meaning of “little” in the title of Fox’s busted sitcom pilot LITTLE IN COMMON is that the 3 couples at its center are brought together only because their respective kids all play on the same little league team.  That’s about it for cleverness, though, in this […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s originals were at 0.04/0.03.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.32, and UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.21.  Hallmark’s original movie 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE was at 0.18.  ESPN’s UFC programming was at 0.16/0.12.  […]

>Another Sunday without a network averaging over a 2 rating.  Amazing Race continues to shine for CBS, but NYC 22 is slipping away quickly in its second telecast.  ABC’s Once Upon a Time remains the top-rated show of the night, but the benefit of those rating points were wasted on a Hallmark Hall of Fame […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The  JANUARY 6 HEARINGS occupied primetime on the Big 3 networks, with ratings of 0.44 on ABC, 0.26 on CBS, and 0.41 on NBC.  On the other networks: FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.12/0.11. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS ticked up to 0.33, AMOR VALIENTE also gained a tick to 0.23, […]

> NBC won another Monday night last night, though it was down significantly from last week due to a combination of lower early-evening TV usage because of Daylight Saving Time and increased competition from ABC with the all-night finale of The Bachelor.  CBS sat out the week with repeats, while FOX sunk to a 1.4 […]