NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and MASTERS OF ILLUSION reruns lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s US OPEN coverage led Friday cable at 0.45, and the same network’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was next at 0.41.  On […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  A MANN’S WORLD isn’t the usual run of busted pilot.  Produced by Warner Bros for consideration by NBC, it’s quite skillfully written and directed by Michael Patrick King, and it has a dramatic vision that sets it apart from mere failed genre efforts.  It also has a very […]

  A meh night even by Friday standards. 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 […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Viacom loves its simulcasts, and Sunday’s was the BET AWARDS, which was at 1.22 on its home […]

> 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:  In an odd turn (possibly caused by sports preemption?), the entire ABC line-up–PRESS YOUR LUCK, CARD SHARKS and MATCH GAME lost 0.1 in final numbers.  There were no changes to the early ratings for any other network.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.3, and ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.4.  In addition, 48 HOURS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the full NBC primetime line-up lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE […]