NETWORK FINALS:  PRESS YOUR LUCK and the rerun of THE FLASH lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of FX’s POSE was quite steady at 0.26, up 0.02 from last season’s premiere (on a Sunday) and […]

  America’s Got Talent dominated another slow summer Tuesday. NBC:  FOOD FIGHTERS is currently up 0.1 to 1.1, and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT is down 0.2 to 1.9, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a shuffling between them when final numbers are released this afternoon.  In any case, Talent was by far the highest-rated […]

  A partial rebound for ABC. 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 and comparisons […]

Welcome to the first edition of ShowbuzzDaily’s SKEDBALL, a weekly look at the weekend afternoon sports daypart on television.  This past Saturday was filled with college football games, as is typical in the fall, and one game truly broke out of the pack: Texas A&M’s stunning upset of formerly #1 Alabama.  CBS Sports’ coverage of […]

In addition to the four usual NFL time periods on Sunday (two 1:00 pm games, a 4:30 pm national game and the 8:30 game on NBC), Thanksgiving day featured a national NFL tripleheader.  Of all the games this week, the 12:45 Thanksgiving game on CBS was the highest-rated (15.2 household rating in the 56 metered […]

  NBC, as expected, is using its Summer Olympics coverage to launch some of its new fall shows, with a variety of stunt airings and “sneak peeks.”  On the other hand, some returning shows won’t arrive on the air until October.  Here’s the network’s schedule:   Wed Aug 8:  GO ON has a special airing […]

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 […]

> The season’s first week came to an end with more of a whimper than a bang. ABC:  All things considered, PAN AM got off to a solid start (insert “good take-off,” “little turbulence” or similar pun of choice).  Its 3.1, while not enormously impressive, held just about all of what turned out to be […]