NOTE TO READERS:  Afternoon charts this week will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated later in the day with full format.  Charts are now updated to normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD swapped 0.1s in final numbers, the former up and the latter down.  In addition, […]

> FRIDAYS this Fall officially start September 23, and no one really cares.  Very few new shows are premiering on the night, and many premieres will be delayed.  If you have some time on your hands, click “read more” to see the latest RATINGS PROJECTIONS for Friday nights.  Or just go ahead and skip to Sunday night’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN EVE was at 1.36/2.18/4.09 compared to last year’s 1.58/2.62 (we didn’t have last year’s ratings for the late-night portion). CBS:  NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE was at 0.61/0.90/1.19 compared to last year’s 0.80. NBC:  A TOAST TO 2022 was at 0.42, and MILEY’S NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY was at […]

  Goodbye, I FEEL BAD. 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 follows the chart. […]

> 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 TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked up to 0.56, and THE PARENT TEST was down 0.03 to 0.32.  A JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.32/0.24/0.24. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER franchise included the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, SVU up 0.05 to 0.67, and ORGANIZED CRIME up […]

> The third week of a network season is a critical one.  Ratings erosion after a series or season premiere is expected and even acceptable, because it’s understood that not every viewer drawn by hype and marketing will be a satisfied customer.  But a continued fall in Week 3 can be a sign of trouble, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Due to the combination of holidays, football and specials, the English-language networks hadn’t aired their regular Sunday line-ups in several months, so we won’t be including weekly comparisons here. ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.43, the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.61, down 0.32 from the February 2022 […]