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 […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustments for the MASTERS overrun, 60 MINUTES moved up to the next tenth.  In addition, THE GREAT NORTH adjusted to the next tenth.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that Nielsen again listed Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART as a […]

  THE VOICE is looking awfully tired. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.33.  (Last year’s Game 1 aired on NBC Sports Net at 0.48.) CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.29/0.27. FOX:  MASTERCHEF dipped 0.03 to 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.04 to 0.31. CW:  THE FLASH fell […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the early numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports continued its reign over cable, with Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game on top at 1.56.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL doubleheader was at 0.80/0.76.  The […]

>CBS had a strong Monday last night, up 19% over the same night last year.  ABC finished in second but slid 12% versus last year’s comparable night.  FOX was flat.  And NBC turned in a Monday down 17% from the same night last year.  NOTE: The fast nationals for Monday will be very accurate as […]

  MADAM SECRETARY:  Sunday 8PM on CBS  – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS:  Series creator Barbara Hall, a veteran of everything from Northern Exposure to Joan of Arcadia (which she created), and Army Wives to Homeland.  Star Tea Leoni, and an A-list supporting cast that includes Keith Carradine, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth and Zeljko Ivanek.  Pilot […]