We may not always know for whom the bell tolls, but for low-rated network shows, today is the day it’s tolling.  ABC has seen and raised CBS’s cancellation of Partners this morning by executing both 666 PARK AVENUE and LAST RESORT.  The two shows had disastrous ratings (matching 1.2s for their last airings), and […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

> SMASHWatch demands to know why “Bombshell” didn’t get any Tony nominations today.  NBC:  Last night’s SMASH encapsulated its season.  The episode began with high promise (a buoyant “Another Opening, Another Show” on the soundtrack as the cast members made their way to Boston for out-of-town tryouts), devolved into unconvincing, uninvolving soap, and culminated in […]

  UPDATE:  The big change came early in the evening, as 60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.6 to 2.0, reflecting the deduction of the time zone viewers who were actually watching NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage.  That overrun rose 0.1 to 4.0, and all the rest of the night’s changes were also a matter of 0.1 up or […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 1 did manage to climb half a point in final numbers, but its final 3.4 was still far below last year’s 4.3 for Game 1.  AGENTS OF SHIELD found an extra 0.1, as did THE FLASH, and THE VOICE climbed 0.2, but MARRY ME (which probably started at 9:01PM) […]

An abysmal night of television Friday night for the most part, with the top-rated broadcast network (ABC) averaging a 1.1 preliminary Adult 18-49 rating.  NBC was a close second at a 1.0 rating from 8-11 pm, but NBC News distinguished itself in the 10 pm hour with adept coverage of the Jerry Sandusky guilty verdicts […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday May 15, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]