> The X Factor won Thursday (the fourth of the season) with a 3.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  The Thursday track for X Factor has been 4.3…3.9…4.0…3.6.  The 3.6 will probably go up to a 3.7 or 3.8 in the official nationals later today, but FOX has to be mildly disappointed there is not a 4 […]

Tuesdays this fall look like another win for CBS.  Last fall, FOX battled CBS to a draw on Tuesdays, partly because New Girl started at a smash-hit pace, then CBS moved ahead in the spring.  But with Glee moving off the night to create a Tuesday block of four half-hour comedies, and with heavy new comedy competition for the […]

> 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The unimpressive start for RISE got worse, as it fell 0.1 in final numbers.  (FOR THE PEOPLE stayed as is.)  There were 0.1 bumps for THE VOICE, THIS IS US, the 9:30PM BLACKISH, and NCIS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  NBC moved into a virtual first-place tie with FOX this past week, thanks to NBC News coverage of the Boston Bomber apprehension Friday night.  For the week, NBC was up 19% over the same week […]

  A downward trend swept most of the night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for another baseball preemption in NY, both SUPERGIRL and IZOMBIE came down 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the NBA PLAYOFFS game of the night at 3.06.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP slipped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL ticked up to 0.74, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.06 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD was steady at 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.52.  NCIS ticked down to 0.54, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.03 to 0.49. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST took a sharp 0.15 […]