> On the night that two of the Fall’s most-hyped new arrivals made their debuts, the clear winner was a returning hit. ABC:  When their horse has the lead, horse-racing fans will sometimes yell out “Wire!” in the hope that the finish line will miraculously appear and the race will end exactly as is.  That’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The NFL PLAYOFFS were of course dominant, with FOX’s afternoon game at 6.96 and NBC’s primetime game at 5.53.  CW aired a new WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.38/0.26/0.15/0.12/0.11 on ESPN, and 0.14/0.09/0.04/0.02 on ESPN2.  On USA, PREMIER […]

  THE BLACKLIST didn’t travel well to Fridays. 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 age of 2). Ratings analysis […]

>Deadline reports that NBC has pushed the launch of its scripted Friday shows CHUCK and GRIMM by a week, from October 21 to October 28.  Supposedly this is to give the series the benefit of a 2-day Halloween marketing push to begin with the network airing holiday-themed episodes of its Thursday comedies on October 27, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE PARENT TEST was at 0.32/0.29 compared to last week’s 0.39.  THE CHASE was down 0.04 to 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.06 to 0.68, and GHOSTS ticked up to 0.63.  SO HELP ME TODD edged up 0.02 to 0.44, and CSI: VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.36. NBC:  After a […]

> Baseball threw FOX–sorry–a curveball, but there was plenty of bad news for everyone last night. FOX:  Since the playoff game lasted until 8:52PM eastern time, it isn’t clear why FOX didn’t just fill in the 8 minutes left in the hour and go straight to House at 9PM.  But for whatever reason, they ran […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.11 to 0.72, AMERICAN IDOL ticked down to 0.72, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.06 to 0.23. CBS:  60 MINUTES inched up 0.02 to 0.52, THE EQUALIZER lost 0.04 to 0.43, EAST NEW YORK dipped 0.03 to 0.35, and NCIS: LA was down 0.09 […]

> Four weeks into its initial season, HOMELAND has received a 2d season order from Showtime.  Although the series’ ratings haven’t been stellar–it routinely loses at least half the audience of its Dexter lead-in–Homeland has been getting exactly the kind of buzz and critical attention that pay-TV networks crave, so this makes perfect sense.  There’s […]