BROADCAST FINALS:  Christmas Eve was a night of reruns, although in the afternoon FOX had a big 7.23 rating for the NFL.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s primetime game dominated cable at 3.15.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.25.  Meanwhile, TBS and TNT loaded up […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.54, THE PARENT TEST ticked up to 0.36, and THE CHASE was up 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.28/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.43/0.31. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN lost 0.04 to 0.41, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.17. CW:  WALKER dropped 0.03 to 0.10, and WALKER: INDEPENDENCE ticked […]

> It was a good night to be airing football. ABC:  PAN AM has moved swiftly from “potential hit” to “possible survivor,” but it’s not time to bring out the air sickness bags just yet.  The real culprit of the night was DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, which was down a staggering 35% from last year’s season average.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  All the English-language networks that weren’t FOX aired reruns, none rating higher than 0.18. FOX:  The SUPER BOWL was massive at 33.78, up 4.31 from 2022’s game, a hefty 15% increase (with a similar bump in total viewers). TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS was down 0.02 to 0.15, followed by a movie at […]

> The definition of “success” on network television becomes ever more flexible… CW has decided to make lemonade with its awfully lemony-looking new shows, and it’s given back-orders to HART OF DIXIE, THE SECRET CIRCLE and RINGER.  None of them are doing better than an 0.8 (Dixie only managed a 0.6 on Monday), but the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 6 through Sunday March 12, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K 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 […]

> The night was dominated by the World Series, but there was some fairy tale news from an unexpected place. NBC:  All things considered, it could have gone worse for the premiere of GRIMM.  A lot worse.  Although of course it didn’t win its hour against the Series, its 2.1 rating was by far the […]