AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Things actually got worse for AMERICAN IDOL in the adjusted numbers, falling 0.1 to 1.7, not just yet another new all-time low, but ignominiously keeping it in a tie with THE CRAZY ONES (which also fell 0.1), a show CBS may not even renew.  THE MILLERS and ELEMENTARY also lost 0.1 each.  […]

  No one tried to compete with the SURVIVOR fall finale. 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 […]

NBC comes up with a Wednesday night formula that works:  air against no competition. NBC:  With reruns on three other networks and a weak reality show on the fourth, NBC went to town on Wednesday night, with season highs galore.  WHITNEY (which has been adjusted creatively a great deal from last season, but to little […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, BIG BROTHER and the rerun of MADAM SECRETARY gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy night on cable, but the Iron Throne belonged to HBO’s GAME OF THRONES, which amazingly set a […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.54, and JUDGE STEVE HARVEY returned at 0.28.  A rerun followed at 0.26. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, FBI slipped 0.02 to 0.41, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.03 to 0.34, and FBI: MOST WANTED was also down 0.03 to 0.34. NBC:  The season finale of NIGHT COURT gained […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was steady at 0.50.  After a rerun, THE GAME SHOW SHOW was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.71.  The series finale of TRUE LIES was up 0.05 to 0.22. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED up 0.07 to 0.47, FIRE up 0.05 to 0.49, and […]

  The fans came back for Finn. FOX:  Last night’s special GLEE episode, commemorating the character played by the late Cory Monteith, almost doubled the show’s rating from last week, up 1.2 to 2.8.  It was Glee‘s highest rating in more than a year, and a number the series may never see again–especially since the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.12 to 0.44, and THE GOOD DOCTOR plunged 0.14 to 0.25. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dipped 0.03 to 0.49, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.41.  NCIS lost 0.04 to 0.39, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.06 to 0.28. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.72, […]