NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s actual top-rated original was the primetime part of TNT’s NBA DOUBLEHEADER, 0.74 for Lakers vs. Cleveland, with 0.52 for the later Houston vs. Portland game.  On […]

  As we traditionally do this time of year at SHOWBUZZDAILY, over the next few days we’re going to be bringing you our versions of the Fall 2013 network schedules.  These may or may not reflect what the networks will actually announce at their Upfront presentations the week of May 13, but we like to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 2.58.  CBS’s TAYLOR HAWKINS TRIBUTE CONCERT was at 0.13.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.14.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL returned and swept the top of the chart, with ESPN’s games at 0.85/0.61/0.43, and Fox Sports 1’s games […]

  The summer’s unscripted Big 3 stayed in command last night. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.2, which was also up a tick from last year’s parallel night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT held at its season […]

  Almost nothing new. 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 the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. ABC:  […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro vs. Awake, and the latter made the cut).  That’s too bad:  the pilot is an impressive piece […]

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  It’s Showtime’s turn at TCA, so along with announcing some series pick-ups (Happyish with Philips Seymour Hoffman, and the probably self-explanatory The Affair), some premiere dates were unveiled. On Sunday, April 13, NURSE JACKIE and CALIFORNICATION make their returns (this will be the final season of the latter) in the 9PM hour, followed by […]