Other Nielsenwar Network Report Cards: NBC One massive hit can make up for an awful lot of failure. Have you met EMPIRE? Full Season To Date (thru May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 1.53 (#4), down 26.2% from last season (Note: FOX aired the Super Bowl in 2014-15; with that excluded, the year-to-year drop was […]
Here are our night-by-night ratings predictions for the Fall network television season: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday Now that we’ve gone through each night’s Fall ratings, let’s pull back and take a look at the big picture for each of the broadcast networks. ABC: Standing still isn’t necessarily a bad thing in the […]
A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC THE FACTS: The title refers to Andrew (Ben Feldman) and Zelda (Cristin Milioti), who both work at an online dating company, and who, since this is a rom-com, are of course fated for each other. The series creator is Ben Queen, whose first series this is, and […]
One more drama for ABC: the murder-driven soap SECRETS & LIES, which had a high-profile deal that would have required the network to pay a large penalty if it hadn’t ordered the series (it has a 10-episode order, which may tag it as more likely for midseason than fall). It’s based on an Australian […]
FOX is spreading out its premieres next fall, with a roll-out that will take a month to fully get into gear. (Note: in other FOX news, the network also announced today–or confirmed, since it was known to be a fairly likely development–that the final season of Glee, which will launch at midseason, has been […]
Last week, the glamorous part of the network “Upfronts” took place, largely for viewer and media purposes: hordes of new shows were announced, stars were trotted out, executives madly spun this past season’s numbers so that every decline looked like a triumph, gala parties were held. This week, however, the real Upfronts kick into […]
GRACEPOINT: Thursday 9PM on FOX starting October 2 – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Broadchurch, the wildly successful limited (and now continuing) British TV series, of which Gracepoint is a remake. Broadchurch returnees, including series creator Chris Chibnall, director James Strong and star David Tennant. A cast surrounding Tennant that includes Anna Gunn, Nick Nolte, […]
BLACK-ISH: Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC THE FACTS: Anthony Anderson plays the head of an African-American family that lives a prosperous life in a mostly white neighborhood, and he tries to hold onto some part of his culture even though his assimilated kids, wife and father mostly couldn’t care less. The series creator is […]