GREY’S ANATOMY still has it. 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 […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 in final numbers.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH owned Friday cable, with the entire primetime slate in the Top 4:  GOLD RUSH itself up 0.03 to 1.34, an AFTERSHOW at 1.00, and GOLD RUSH: THE […]

>American Idol keeps falling, but the FOX singing competition series remains ahead of The Voice each week and continues to win Wednesday nights for FOX.  NBC premiered Betty White’s Off Their Rockers in its regular time period.  Usually a 1.8 rating is nothing to celebrate, but the hidden camera show was the highest-rated show on […]

Full demo numbers for Sunday’s premiere of  Aaron Sorkin’s opus THE NEWSROOM on HBO won’t be available until tomorrow, but we do know that the initial 9PM telecast was watched by 2.1 million people (with an extra 600,000 watching late-night repeat airings).  As usual with mid-level ratings, they can be cut several ways. The good:  […]

  Some arrivals were more promising than others.  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 […]

>Remember what we were saying about busted pilots not being a waste of time?  It’s been reported that the Fox pilot Locke & Key will receive a full screening and panel at next month’s Comic-Con.  It’s a thriller based on a graphic novel series, and the pilot is directed by Mark Romanek, whose most recent […]

>Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC’s schedule with a preliminary 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm, down from a 5.3 rating for the spring premiere last year on the comparable night.  The Voice averaged a 4.5 rating with young adults, down from a 5.2 last week and a 6.2 two weeks ago.  In the metered-market […]

> Here’s SHOWBUZZDAILY’S comprehensive guide to the just-announced NBC schedule for 2011/12.  Stay tuned for updates as we see the new pilots and give you our take on this Fall’s likely ratings once the competition has weighed in: REACTIONS AND PREDICTIONS FALL COMEDIES FALL DRAMAS MIDSEASON COMEDIES MIDSEASON DRAMAS ABC ANALYSIS     CBS ANALYSIS […]