UPDATED with reactions to FOX trailers, which are available here:   The FOX fall schedule is a puzzlement. FOX seems to have done little to help itself with its fall 2016 line-up, leaving two of its weakest nights unimproved, and burying one of its highest-profile projects on low-rated Friday.  The network will be more […]

  Another bad night for the AGENTS OF SHIELD. 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 and […]

NBC had a relatively weak Sunday night, but it still won the night handily.  CBS had a very good Sunday, as the 4:30 pm national NFL game went into overtime and ended closer to 8 pm than the expected 7:30 pm.  ABC bounced back a bit from last week, while FOX took it on the […]

  A rebound for DANCING WITH THE STARS. 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:  A run of the movie BRAVE at 0.33 was followed by a rerun of THE CHASE at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.25/0.23. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.47, up a tick from the 2021 premiere.  The season premiere of WEAKEST LINK was at 0.35. FOX:  DON’T […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers, but at 4.7, it was still nowhere near last year’s 6.0 premiere.  SVU, SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE all lost 1.0 from their already unimpressive ratings.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The Season 5 premiere episodes of DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) were at 3.3/3.4, easily the top-rated […]

  And like that, CBS’s Monday is in trouble. CBS:  The final season of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER is holding up well enough, down 0.6 from last week’s season debut to 3.1.  After that, it gets ugly.  WE ARE MEN had a lousy 2.0 debut, which is down 0.4 from the start for last […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE TONY AWARDS held at 1.6 in final numbers, while the STANLEY CUP FINALS gained 0.3 to 1.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO has 2 more weeks of ratings triumphs before things get less fun.  GAME OF THRONES romped once […]