Fans are already starting to miss their favorite serial killer, as DEXTER had the best launch of its run with last night’s Season 8 premiere.  The show had 2.5M viewers, up 100,000 from Season 7’s premiere.  (Demo numbers weren’t released, but should end up at around a 1.4 in 18-49s–which, if true, would mean […]

    BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.39. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION gained 0.04 to 0.32, and GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS ticked down to 0.26, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.17. NBC:  An AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.26, followed by DATELINE at 0.31. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN edged up 0.02 to 0.59. CW:  BURDEN […]

    REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage (aka The Melania & Michelle Show) was moderate and in line with 2012, although comparisons aren’t exactly even because the parallel night that year also included heavy coverage of a hurricane.  NBC’s 1.1 topped ABC’s 0.7 and CBS’s 0.5. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart […]

  FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES – Monday 8:30PM on CBS (Preview Tonight at 9PM) – If Nothing Else Is On… FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES is a CBS comedy of the post-2 Broke Girls era, which is to say that while a thoroughly conventional multi-camera sitcom in many ways (it’s even directed by the dean of […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 IN AN INSTANT and the HAWAII 5-0 rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD continued its Friday/Saturday reign, up 0.07 from last Saturday to 0.57.  Nickelodeon had an impressive 4 shows in the […]

  THURSDAY BROADCAST:  Because this morning’s numbers were so screwed up, we’ll just start fresh with the broadcast networks. CBS:  BIG BROTHER, after all the adjustments, was up 0.1 to 2.3.  Even after the football effect was removed, the night’s rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY was up half a point to a big 2.1. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE climbed 0.13 to 0.96, and ULTIMATE SURFER was up 0.09 to 0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.25-0.32. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.03 to 0.90, and a special FAMILY GAME FIGHT was at 0.47. FOX:  LEGO MASTERS rose 0.06 to 0.45, and FANTASY ISLAND was up 0.02 to 0.26. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.39/0.31, a SOUL OF THE NATION special was at 0.18. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24/0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.03 to 0.68, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.03 to 0.30. FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM rose 0.07 to 0.26, and DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS was up 0.05 to 0.25. CW:  […]