AFTERNOON UPDATE: There was no comfort for FOX in the final numbers, which left AMERICAN IDOL at 2.4, and even worse, left SURVIVOR at 2.5, giving the 14-year old reality show veteran its first win over IDOL. SUBURGATORY, however, eased its own pain by rising 0.2 to 1.6, reversing most of the drop from […]
The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. This is how the ratings should roll out the next two weeks. Thursday 12/24 nationals available Monday 12/28 afternoon Friday 12/25 nationals available Tuesday 12/29 morning Saturday 12/26 nationals available Wednesday 12/30 morning Sunday 12/27 […]
In about a year, the reboot of the network late-night talk shows will be complete, now that David Letterman, cranky genius of the format, has announced that sometime in 2015 he’ll be retiring. With Jimmy Kimmel’s move to 11:35PM and the recent ascensions of Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, it will be the first […]
UPDATE: The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING found a 0.1 bump in adjusted Friday ratings (to a very decent 1.4), as did SHARK TANK, HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS. But the news was bad at NBC (which had been preempted in Portland for an NBA game), where DATELINE, GRIMM and HANNIBAL all sank […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 2-3, 2017. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, September 3-4, […]
The big news at CBS is that the network is reducing its Monday comedy block to 1 hour, while leaving 2 sitcom hours on Thursday. Consequently, the network is adding only one new half-hour in the fall. (There was no last-minute pick-up for How I Met Your Dad, which until last week was regarded […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 gain for the NASCAR race on FOX. SATURDAY CABLE: On BBC America, ORPHAN BLACK was up very slightly to 0.25, with follow-up IN THE FLESH barely registering at 0.03. ESPN dominated the night with a 2.7 for its NBA PLAYOFFS game. SUNDAY CABLE: […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE NIGHT SHIFT fell even lower in final numbers, down 0.1 to a 1.3 that represented just half of its AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lead-in. The NCIS LA nudged up 0.1, while the FAMILY GUY rerun nudged down. TUESDAY CABLE: As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL, the highest rated shows of the […]