More truncated seasons.  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. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case the previous week, the Fri-Sun holiday period is going to be light on non-sports original cable programming.  ESPN’s coverage of the COTTON […]

  Several shows returned from a multi-week absence. 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 […]

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

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated to full format later in the day.  The Top 40 chart is now in its normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  It was AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT’s turn to swap 0.1s in final numbers, the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  9JKL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast took Monday cable, although its 1.21/1.15/1.06 was far below last week’s 1.80/1.70/1.63.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.05/0.98, compared to last week’s 0.96/0.93.  Discovery’s STREET […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ZOO and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The IZOMBIE rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK continued to occupy most cable viewers on Tuesday, with 3 of the night’s top 4 shows:  BRIDE OF JAWS at 1.41, TIBURONES at 1.37, and SHARK AFTER DARK at 0.81.  The latter […]

For the second week in a row, FOX is the only network above a 2.0 rating in the prime time weekly average.  NBC is headed for a record low week: the estimated 1.13 falls comfortably below the previous low (week 19 of the season, January 28-February 3).  Week 19 had a pretty good excuse: the […]