Talent and cooking, cooking and talent–what network audiences want this summer. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant show of the evening with a 3.2. The rest of the schedule was below a 2 (1.9 for more US OLYMPIC TRIALS, 1.6 for LOVE IN THE WILD), but it was enough for a tie to win […]
Note: The numbers for NFL SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on NBC and MLB NLCS Game 7 on FOX will rise +15% to +20% on the official nationals tomorrow when live viewing is counted from 5-8PM on the West Coast, where three of the four teams involved are based. The numbers of ABC, CBS and CW, in […]
UPDATE: The big change came early in the evening, as 60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.6 to 2.0, reflecting the deduction of the time zone viewers who were actually watching NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage. That overrun rose 0.1 to 4.0, and all the rest of the night’s changes were also a matter of 0.1 up or […]
NETWORK FINALS: ELEMENTARY and the rerun THE WALL each lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER was again at the top of Thursday cable, but down 0.15 from last week to 0.52, with UNTOLD STORIES […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: All movements were of the 0.1 variety, with AMERICAN IDOL, BIG BANG THEORY, GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and PARKS & RECREATION getting the bump. That meant IDOL and PARKS tied their lows rather than setting new ones, but even though THE MILLERS also went down 0.1, IDOL still lost that competition (IDOL did […]
A night of fall finales. 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 […]
>I noted in my review of ABC’s PAN AM that the pilot characters in the, um, pilot, made little impression, and apparently the network agreed: reports are that Jonah Lotan, who played the lead male role, is in the process of being replaced. It seemed like the problem was more in the colorless writing of […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Lifetime’s SURVIVING R. KELLY continued to be on a tear at 0.93/0.92. Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned with a new episode at 0.58, lead-in hour at 0.24, […]