>The official nationals for Monday adjusted 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men down one tenth, while Mike & Molly and Hawaii Five-O went down two tenths of a rating point because of the Monday Night Football game airing on CBS in Baltimore.  Dancing with the Stars went up one tenth and Castle […]

  BROADCAST FINALS (Due to last week’s election coverage, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted) ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE ticked up to 0.50, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.21. CBS:  New episodes aired for the first time since October 18, with FBI down 0.03 to 0.50, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down […]

> FOX’s New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel is the clear standout so far this week.  At a 4.7 Adult 18-49 rating, New Girl’s series debut was the highest rated show on any network last night, rising 24% from its Glee lead-in.  This is an impressive showing from the freshman comedy. On CBS, Unforgettable made its […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of specials:  a rerun of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.44, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS at 0.26 (down 0.15 from the 2021 installment), and SUPERSTAR at 0.19. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since November 10.  YOUNG SHELDON slipped 0.02 to 0.55, GHOSTS ticked down to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.84/0.67.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW gained 0.08 to 0.56.  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK rose 0.03 to 0.46, […]

> If you liked the ratings projections post for Fridays, you’ll love this post for SATURDAYS.   Six hours of repeats on the broadcast networks, a withering reality franchise in Cops, and one original scripted show.  ABC has the only game in town, the primetime college football game of the week.  Click “read more” to see the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.48, an OUR BARBARA special was at 0.35, followed by a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.21. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES at 1.16, reruns at 0.38/0.27/0.27. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.33, up 0.13 from last week’s game. FOX:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.34/0.35 and […]

> 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 […]