Some more pre-Upfront pick-ups and renewals from the Peacock.  This time the happy newcomers are 2 1-hours: DO NO HARM is a modern day Jekyll & Hyde thriller about a neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale from Rescue Me) who has a dangerous alter-ego.  Hopefully it’ll play better than NBC’s last alter-ego thriller, the flop My Own […]

Another step toward the end of original programming on Fridays. CBS:  MADE IN JERSEY is the worst flop of the season’s first week, a disaster at 1.1 any way the numbers are cut.  The show could only tie a repeat of the low-rated Last Resort pilot, and started out even with Fringe, TV’s poster child […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL HALL OF FAME GAME adjusted up 0.1 to 1.5 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Neither the NFL nor SHARK WEEK could stop TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER, on top of Thursday cable albeit down 0.07 to […]

> BEST FRIENDS FOREVER:  Premieres Wednesday 8:30PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… NBC isn’t exactly swinging for the multigender fences with BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, the newest entry into the deathtrap known as the network’s Wednesday night schedule.  The term “chick show” is rightly viewed as perjorative, but it’s hard to avoid when […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD continued its decline, down 0.13 to a new low 0.83, with TALKING DEAD (which aired at 11PM last week after PREACHER) up 0.05 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.1, and FOX’s game stayed at 0.4.  Elsewhere, DATELINE and the SUPERSTORE rerun lost 0.2 and the 10PM 48 HOURS dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE […]

    Say goodnight, broadcast season.   FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s season finale did what the show’s done all season:  win the night convincingly, but at a significantly lower level than it’s ever been before.  The final episode, currently at a preliminary 6.1, will be just around 30% below last year, and FOX will no doubt […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It didn’t hit the preliminary list, but ORPHAN BLACK premiered on Saturday everywhere AMC Networks has a footprint.  Last year, airing only on BBC America (which at that time wasn’t part of AMC), it had a […]