> Today Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I continue our week-long pre-Upfronts look at the challenges facing each of the broadcast networks and their potential strategies for next season.  We’ve covered FOX and ABC, and today the time has come to consider NBC. NOTE:  to the extent specific pilots are discussed or […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.48/0.39/0.34. CBS:  A run of the movie MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION at 0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rose 0.13 to 0.43, and WEAKEST LINK was at 0.24. FOX:  STARS ON MARS premiered at 0.24, and the season premiere of CRIME SCENE KITCHEN was at 0.24, down four-tenths from its […]

NOTE: CW numbers below inflated by a pre-emption in New York on WPIX for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Bucs vs. Giants, airing nationally on ESPN). In Tampa-St. Petersburg the game aired locally on an independent station, without distorting the numbers below. Precise program ratings for Monday available this afternoon with the cable and broadcast nationals.  […]

> Jersey Shore’s reign at the top of the weekly cable chart is over.  The NFL double-header on ESPN’s Monday Night Football saw to that.  The early game started at 7:00 ET and scored a 6.3 demo rating, down from last year’s ESPN opener but still potent.  The later game, featuring a late start time […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK, HELL’S KITCHEN and HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but CAUGHT ON CAMERA lost the same.  Note:  the precise finals for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES/CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND premieres were 0.39/0.18.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday […]

  EMPIRE keeps climbing. 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 comparisons follow the chart. FOX:  […]

  The night’s biggest game show was a presidential debate. 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). […]

  AMERICAN IDOL returned at a lower level. 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 […]