> FRINGE ties for its network lead on the night!  (Don’t read the fine print.) FOX:  The newly-renewed FRINGE went up an essentially meaningless 0.1 to 1.1.  Since THE FINDER (facing original competition on every side) dipped 0.1, that put both shows at 1.1–but don’t make any bets on Finder joining Fringe on the 2012-13 […]

  NOTE: CBS numbers below do not include live viewing on the West Coast from 5-8PM PT. Ratings for the NCAA TOURNAMENT will rise about +15% later today in the official nationals. 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 […]

This airing against no competition thing is fun! CBS:  On Thursday it was the Eye’s turn to be the only network with original regular programming, and as with NBC the night before, it provided some lovely numbers.  THE BIG BANG THEORY kicked things off with a massive 6 rating (up 0.6 from the show’s last […]

> Ow, says FOX.  See FOX say Ow. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s 4.4 rating was its lowest since the show began as a summer series 10 years ago.  That was down 14% from last week, 38% from the first hour of last year’s parallel episode, and 43% from last season’s Thursday average.  The combined Wednesday/Thursday average […]

  The WORLD SERIES didn’t disrupt the other networks very much. 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 […]

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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season premiere of STATION 19 dropped from last season’s 1.1 to 0.76, while the season premiere of GREY’S ANATOMY fell from 1.3 (for a 2-hour episode) to 0.77.  BIG SKY relocated from Tuesdays, and its season premiere was down from 0.7 to 0.37.  CBS:  After YOUNG SHELDON reruns at 0.44/0.38, […]

  The older fans who cherished TNT’s THE CLOSER came out in force for its series finale on Monday night, boosting its total audience by 50% from last week to a massive (for cable) 9 million viewers.  In pure percentages, its 18-49 number rose even more sharply, by 60%, but the show skewed so old […]