Even with finales on hand, nothing stirred viewers. FOX: THE FINDER aired what turned out to be its series finale and FRINGE had its season finale, with a respective 1.1 and 1.0, up very slightly for both. CBS: A night of underperforming season finales. UNDERCOVER BOSS took a big hit, down […]
NETWORK FINALS: DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39. Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS […]
NETWORK UPDATE: ROOKIE BLUE gained 0.1 to avoid a series low. The rest of the news was bad: HELL’S KITCHEN, GANG RELATED, and all the new episodes of UNDATEABLE were down 0.1 from preliminary ratings. THURSDAY CABLE: On a night that didn’t feature much new original programming, Adult Swim’s LOITER SQUAD led the evening […]
Last week’s holiday eve was heavy on reruns, so comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted. 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 […]
Through the first Thursday of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (better known as March Madness), CBS is down -15% in total viewers (persons 2+) to 3.8 million on average for its two evening games (compared to the average of the prior three years), TNT is down -25% to 1.5 million viewers for its four games […]
GO ON: TUESDAYS 9PM ON NBC WHAT IT’S SAYING: Chandler Bing… um, Matthew Perry is back! Still sarcastically quipping to hide his deeper feelings after all these years. WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING: Also back: Dear John. With a dash of a (less bizarre) Community, as the oddball grief […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games occupied 4 of the Top 13 slots, with Minnesota vs. Washington State tied for the highest rating of the day at 0.96, […]
>With ABC and CBS in repeats in the first night after the February sweep concluded, American Idol rebounded a bit, while NBC had a very quiet opening for the new drama Awake. Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday FOX NBC CBS ABC 03.01.2012 […]