> Not at all the way the networks wanted May Sweeps to begin. NBC:  All the hype for 30 ROCK‘s live episode (a very busy half-hour with some great gags) and COMMUNITY‘s self-contained episode-long Law & Order parody bought both shows whopping increases of 0.1 from last week–which, as Mitch Metcalf showed yesterday, is essentially […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for local MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, ABC’s BACHELOR IN PARADISE was up 0.1 from last week’s final to 1.2, and GRAND HOTEL was steady at 0.4.  Similarly, after football adjustment, NBC’s AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was steady at 0.8 and DATELINE was up 0.2 to 0.6.  At CBS, […]

> Some shows, believe it or not, are too low-rated even for NBC.  BEST FRIENDS FOREVER has exhausted its single joke (the strain caused on star/co-creator Lennon’s live-in relationship when neurotic, boundaryless pal/co-creator Jessica comes to stay) and been yanked off the network’s Wednesday night schedule.  If its remaining episodes are to be seen on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, aided by an NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, jumped two-tenths to 0.72.  A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL dipped 0.03 to 0.70. CBS:  60 MINUTES fell 0.36 from last week’s Masters-boosted score to 0.55.  THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.56, NCIS: LA rose 0.13 to 0.57, and SWAT was up 0.04 […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): TBS and TNT’s NCAA FINAL FOUR games had the spotlight on Saturday cable, with TBS scoring 3.25 for Duke vs. Michigan State and 5.48 for Kentucky vs. Wisconsin, and TNT at 1.05/1.44 for the games.  The […]

  CBS survived the loss of its temporary Monday anchor. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG gained 0.1 in final numbers, and AGENTS OF SHIELD lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE topped Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.55.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at […]

  A fairly barren downbeat evening. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  […]