NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US dropped 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD narrowly led Friday cable, up 0.02 to 0.58, with the pre-show hour up 0.03 to 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.57/0.40, […]

> If you’re NBC and you have exactly one hit show, what do you want?  More of it. Beginning the week of April 2, THE VOICE will air on both Mondays and Tuesdays, with live performance shows 8-10PM on Mondays and eliminations 9-10PM on Tuesdays.  It’ll therefore be airing against both weekly installments of Dancing […]

> CBS won the first Monday of the May Sweep — not so much because it had an exceptional night but because NBC Monday continues to trend down as The Voice wheezes to the finish line.  See how Monday night’s ratings affected the May Sweep standings to date here.               […]

> As anyone who’s ever worked at a TV network knows, sometimes the only thing worse than a flop is having a hit on your air.  AMC is learning this lesson the hard way:  it’s endured messy, extended renewal talks for Mad Men and the loss of The Walking Dead‘s showrunner over the past year […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 3.6 from the hourly preliminary numbers.  In addition, ABC’s telecast of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS fell 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we sometimes need to note, many cable networks treat their theatrical movie presentations […]

  Live basketball and football may lead to adjustments for almost every network. 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 […]

  Two hours of Extant weren’t better than one. CBS:  In a hurry to get its EXTANT season over, CBS ran back-to-back episodes last night, and scored 1.0/0.9, the latter of which gave the show a new series low.  This was particularly ugly since the night started with BIG BROTHER climbing 0.2 to 2.3. NBC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SEAL TEAM dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW topped Wednesday cable despite a 0.15 drop to 0.53, with BEAUTY BAR down 0.06 to 0.24.  On Discovery, STREET OUTLAWS gained 0.02 to 0.51, […]