As anyone who cares about COUGAR TOWN knows, just a few weeks ago the series was basically being strapped into the electric chair with electrodes being attached to its forehead, and the chaplain reciting some scripture. Clearly, the show wasn’t coming back to ABC–that network had postponed its season premiere, cut its order, scheduled […]
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 FINALS: ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.12. The season premiere of NBC’s SNL was at 0.73, down 0.19 from 2021’s premiere. FOX’s MLB game was at 0.54. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL was dominant, with ESPN’s games at 0.86/0.80/0.69/0.39, Big 10’s at 0.37/0.24/0.11, Fox Sports 1’s […]
NOTE: The ABC numbers below will decline slightly in the official nationals this afternoon because of local pre-emptions in Kansas City and Milwaukee for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). The CBS numbers below for the NFL special game (rescheduled from Sunday afternoon) will rise in the official nationals when live viewing on […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MAGNUM PI and WWE SMACKDOWN. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHIGHTS: ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.30/0.28. On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE gained 0.02 to 0.26, and UNTUCKED ticked up to 0.18. […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 6 and Sunday July 7, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) NASCAR returned to the top of the sports heap this weekend, up 18% over the […]
NOTE: Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational. Those posts will not have analysis. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for […]
Just about everything bounced back from last week’s airings against World Series Game 6. 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 […]