The critical consensus on this season of JUSTIFIED–including here–was that it was excellent, perhaps the best of the series so far.  Viewers, though, seemed less enthused, as last night’s season finale had just a 0.7 rating in 18-49s, down almost 45% from the Season 4 premiere (and down 30% from the Season 3 finale).  […]

Other than So You Think You Can Dance on FOX, reality on the other networks completely tanked last night.  Both Duets and Dogs in the City continued their miserable runs at around a 1 rating and part one of two-night Justin Bieber music special pulled a sub-1 rating. FOX won the night with a 2.4 preliminary […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.07 to 0.53, while 20/20 jumped 0.16 to 0.47. CBS:  SWAT lost 0.05 to 0.44, MAGNUM PI slipped 0.02 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.05 to 0.41. NBC:  THE WALL was at 0.33, and DATELINE was up 0.02 to 0.40. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.56. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SHARK TANK went even higher in final Friday numbers, up 0.1 to a new season high 2.3.  However, the entire NBC line-up (which had been preempted in Portland for an NBA playoff game) went down, DATELINE and GRIMM by 0.1 and HANNIBAL (which started at 10:01PM) by 0.2  UNFORGETTABLE was also down […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 13 through Sunday February 19, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 27 through Sunday May 3, 2020.  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 […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The CBS preemptions for college basketball tournament games caught up with it, and THE AMAZING RACE fell 0.2 from early numbers, with HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS each down 0.1.  Elsewhere, CRISTELA lost 0.1 to an uglier 0.9 rating, and CW’s rerun of TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS was barely visible after losing 0.1 to […]

  Despite strong competition in every direction on Sunday night, Showtime had a very strong start for its winter line-up, setting new records for SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION.  Demo numbers aren’t yet available, but in total viewers for its initial airing, Shameless reached the 2M mark, up 400,000 from last season’s premiere and […]