FOX’s X Factor problem is becoming a crisis. FOX:  THE X FACTOR fell another 0.3 from last week’s lackluster premiere to a series-low 1.9–and that’s before the regular season competition has even shown up.  It’s down a horrific 1.6 from the parallel night last season.  From 9-10PM, reruns of the DADS and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE gained 0.07 to 0.55, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked up to 0.33, and WILL TRENT ticked down to 0.29. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.04 to 0.48, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.06 to 0.35, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.04 to 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT edged up 0.02 to 0.51, AMERICAN AUTO […]

  Kyle Killen’s Lone Star and Awake were two of the most ambitious network series of recent years–and two of the most resounding flops.  He has to be hoping that his third time (and third network) is the charm, with ABC’s TBD midseason series MIND GAMES.  It features Steve Zahn and Christian Slater as brothers […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.83 (Golden State vs. Clippers)/0.51 (San Antonio vs. Minnesota).  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH dropped 0.04 to 0.62, with the lead-out hour down 0.09 to 0.42, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 1.4, and FOX’s game stayed at 1.0.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As with most fall Saturdays, cable was dominated by COLLEGE FOOTBALL, with games and related programming occupying all 6 of the […]

>Early ratings from the 56 metered markets (covering about half the country) indicate the Academy Awards telecast had a similar household rating and share to last year’s show, as reported by Deadline.  The early demographic ratings from a subset of these markets (covering about a quarter of the country) are also similar to last year’s […]

>FOX is beginning to stabilize around a 5 rating on Wednesday night with American Idol.  CBS declined almost a full rating point from last week, but it had a good excuse: two-thirds of its line up was repeat programming.  And yet The Eye stayed in second place, above a 2 rating.  ABC also had a […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  As it has before, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a terrible 0.3.  In addition, the WORLD OF DANCE season finale lost 0.1 as well.  On the other side of the ledger, the NCIS rerun gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]