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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NFL WILD CARD GAME adjusted up in final numbers to 8.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s first-ever NFL WILD CARD GAME on Saturday afternoon swamped the rest of cable at 6.95, and the network also had […]

  NBC’s pre-Upfront pick-up spree continues with GUYS WITH KIDS, its first multicamera comedy order of the season.  The title seems to be self-explanatory:  the show’s logline describes it as being about thirtysomething guys (Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford and Zach Cregger) who have, you know, kids, despite being child-men themselves (see:  every Judd Apatow movie […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE returned to Tuesday, up 0.04 to 0.69.  QUEENS fell a tenth from last week to 0.24. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.13 to 0.75, and FBI: MOST WANTED (airing in the 9PM slot) jumped 0.19 to 0.69, followed by a rerun at 0.37. NBC:  The network again aired preview episodes of […]

CBS, as usual the last network to make its decisions known, has issued its first orders for the 2012/13 network season, picking up 2 comedies and 4 dramas. VEGAS was the network’s highest-profile pilot, written by Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas) and Greg Walker.  It stars Dennis Quaid, in his TV-series debut, as the real life Ralph […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 2: January 3-9, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

    THE NEW NORMAL:  Tuesdays 9:30PM on NBC   WHAT IT’S SAYING:  A new kind of family sitcom:  gay couple, surrogate mother, her daughter–and her bitchy, bigoted (but, you know, funny) grandmother.  Grandma’s practically Sue Sylvester!  And what a coincidence, Sue’s creator Ryan Murphy is behind this too.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR ticked up to 0.78, and PROMISED LAND held at 0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.50/0.43/0.37/0.33 NBC:  KENAN was at 0.29/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.34/0.28.  THAT’S MY JAM ticked down to 0.41.  A CELEBRATING BETTY WHITE special was at 0.52. FOX:  9-1-1: LONE STAR rose 0.08 to 0.79, and THE […]