BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE PARENT TEST was at 0.29, and a rerun of the WILL TRENT pilot was at 0.18. CBS:  It was an all-NCIS night, and the initial 2 hours hadn;t aired since December 5, with the mothership up 0.09 to 0.56, HAWAII up 0.19 to 0.53, and LA at 0.50. NBC:  AMERICA’S […]

  Not a Happy New Year for THE GIFTED. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 22 and Sunday August 23, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Football […]

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 6: January 30- February 5, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late […]

> Once-glorious Thursdays continue to become just another broadcast network night. NBC:  Before the season started, all the attention on THE OFFICE was focused on how the show would replace Steve Carell.  But it’s turning out that the bigger problem this season is the weirdly dark tone the series has taken–last night’s episode had a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE dropped 0.08 to 0.47, THE ROOKIE: FEDS slipped 0.02 to 0.31, and WILL TRENT was down 0.04 to 0.25. CBS:  The FBI franchise had the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, INTERNATIONAL up 0.05 to 0.40, and MOST WANTED down 0.03 to 0.31. NBC:  NIGHT COURT lost 0.05 to 0.46, […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 gained 0.06 to 0.52, GREY’S ANATOMY edged up 0.02 to 0.42, and ALASKA DAILY ticked down to 0.21. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON climbed 0.05 to 0.68, GHOSTS rose 0.07 to 0.61, SO HELP ME TODD was up 0.02 to 0.34, and CSI: VEGAS grew by 0.04 to 0.29. NBC:  Reruns […]