Tell the understudies to start learning their lines, as NBC wants it to be known that the Season 2 version of SMASH, under new showrunner Josh Safran, will be markedly different from the generally assailed Season 1.  No less than 4 major characters are being written out, and all the exits target the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 1.37.  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.92.  CW’s shows were at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s portion of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.39/0.36/0.31/0.29/0.17/0.16/0.15/0.11/0.11.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.33/0.31/0.19/0.18, with UFC PRELIMS at 0.31.  Hallmark’s original movie […]

>History’s Pawn Stars tops this week’s cable chart, with a 2.0 rating from 10:00-10:30 pm Monday with Adults 18-49.  Usually the 10:30 pm Pawn Stars is slightly higher rated (up a tenth of a rating point or two from 10:00 pm), but this week’s 10:30 episode came in a tenth of a point lower at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.43/0.32/0.28/0.21, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS gained 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  The season premiere of SURVIVOR was at 0.84, down 0.22 from the September 2021 premiere.  A rerun (odd for such a high-profile slot) followed at 0.21. NBC:  The CHICAGO night included MED up 0.11 to 0.85, FIRE up […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football this week was down from a 6.9 to a 5.0 rating this week.  Blame AFC teams and a lopsided score.  Jersey Shore was down a tenth of a rating point and pushed into third place by a very good season premiere of Walking Dead on AMC.  BET’s Hip Hop Awards scored […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked up to 0.50, and 20/20 was also up a tick to 0.36. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since March 11, with UNDERCOVER BOSS down 0.07 to 0.29, MAGNUM PI down 0.03 to 0.38, and BLUE BLOODS down 0.06 to 0.40. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST slipped 0.02 […]

  It wasn’t much of a curtain call for GLEE. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.24/0.18, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was steady at 0.26. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.85, BEYOND THE EDGE also ticked down to 0.27, and GOOD SAM ticked up to 0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.43/0.43. FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.04 to 0.67, and DOMINO MASTERS was down 0.02 […]