> Premieres Wednesday 10PM on USA:  Change the Channel NECESSARY ROUGHNESS departs from the USA Network formula in several ways:  our heroine Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) is the mother of teenagers, she doesn’t work undercover or take on wacky identities, she has no extraordinary abilities other than empathy, and her wise-cracking best friend isn’t around […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC naturally owned Sunday cable, with THE WALKING DEAD down 0.17 from last week’s midseason premiere to 6.58, and TALKING DEAD down 0.42 to 2.68, with COMIC BOOK MEN down 0.22 […]

  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just about even with last year’s Thanksgiving night game. CBS:  The Eye also benefited from football, thanks […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY made history and won the night. 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 […]

The second night of the London Summer Olympics (and the first night of competition featuring Beach Volleyball, Men’s Gymnastics Qualifying, and Swimming — including the official changing of the guard as Michael Phelps failed to make the medal stand in his first try while the younger Ryan Lochte took the gold) averaged an 8.2 rating […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.39, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY rose 0.03 to 0.40, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.02 to 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.06 to 0.33. CBS:  Comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, the last time the network had the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES surged […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC’s numbers dropped after NFL adjustment, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT by 0.1 and 2017 IN MEMORIAM by 0.2.  Elsewhere, POPSTAR’S BEST OF 2017 lost 0.1, making for a dismal 0.1/0.1 night at CW.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Saturday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s STANLEY CUP FINALS took Saturday cable at 1.11.  A&E’s LIVE PD returned from a Memorial Day weekend break at 0.67.  The Adult Swim […]