> This morning we anticipated that the season finale of THE WALKING DEAD on AMC would outrate anything on network television last night, but that didn’t do justice to Dead‘s accomplishment.  In the finale’s initial airing (it was repeated later in the evening), it broke Dead‘s own record as the highest-rated cable television drama ever, […]

  Not many people will mourn THE KILLING.  AMC’s serialized mystery saga began with a great head of steam, and seemed poised to become the network’s next big show, but it became increasingly frustrating to watch.  Its signature blunder was not solving the Rosie Larsen murder after its initial 13 hours, as it seemed to […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text for the morning prelims, a bit more detail on the final numbers. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME and the […]

Updated cable and broadcast telecast chart for last two weeks:

Updated broadcast and cable rankings for this week and last.

  A solid night for ABC’s struggling sitcoms. 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 […]

  The TEEN CHOICE AWARDS continued to sink. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ran again on both broadcast and cable, and ABC’s portion was at 1.68, down 0.18 from last week. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.20. NBC:  A rerun of the ANNIE LIVE special was at 0.28. FOX:  A SECRETS OF CHRISTMAS REVEALED special was at 0.20. CW:  DYNASTY returned with 2 […]