ABC’s NOTRE DAME VS. CLEMSON game dominated FOX’s UCLA VS. ARIZONA STATE, a lopsided 2.4 vs. 0.5. NBC gave the night to promoting the evening’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE season premiere, with the authorized documentary LIVE FROM NEW YORK at 0.6 and a rerun episode at 0.8. (The SNL premiere was down 0.1 from last […]
> Now that we have restored the site after a frustrating web host disruption, we can focus on the latest news from the world of television. ASHTON KUTCHER on TWO AND A HALF MEN: Excellent move by CBS. He’s a TV veteran with a huge following (on Twitter at the very least) and a great […]
Network regimes come and go, ratings rise and (recently) fall, but one thing has been consistent at NBC for almost a quarter-century: the presence of producer Dick Wolf and his LAW & ORDER franchise. Hard times have come to L&O, and what was once a powerhouse triple-feature for the network is now just SVU, […]
NETWORK FINALS: The reruns of BLACK-ISH, MIXED-ISH and FBI: MOST WANTED lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Tuesday cable notched another win for Fox News, with TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.41/0.67/4.3M, while MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at […]
FRESH OFF THE BOAT exited the stage. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for New Year’s night. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN got everything it could have wanted from the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, which were gigantic at 8.94/8.33, and had the highest […]
UPDATE: ONCE UPON A TIME gained 0.2 in final numbers, increasing its lead over RESURRECTION even though the latter inched up 0.1 (still down 0.2 from the previous week). Also up 0.1: AMERICAN HOME BUILDERS and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. SUNDAY CABLE: HBO gave GAME OF THRONES a 2-year renewal today (bringing it through […]
NBC: NBCUniversal wants everyone to know that JURASSIC WORLD is opening Friday, and a 1.2 rating for a run of the 22-year old JURASSIC PARK was an effective way of furthering that. (PARK will also be running on the company’s cable networks prior to the new release.) ABC: After 0.8 for a SHARK TANK […]