>CBS took the night off last night, handing FOX a Tuesday victory.  FOX is finally getting its original episodes going in anticipation of tonight and tomorrow’s American Idol return.  Otherwise, the night was extremely quiet.  Tuesday is night begging for some rebuilding — too many 2-rated shows (or lower) taking up space.        […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:   ABC:  After a rerun at 0.41, THE YEAR: 2022 was at 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.22/0.20. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.31, followed by a movie at 0.19. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.21. CW:  A FAMILY FILM AWARDS special was at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON dropped 0.04 to 0.25, REINA DEL SUR gained 0.02 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  RECKLESS was an even bigger flop in final numbers, losing 0.1 to a dismal 0.6.  WIPEOUT gained 0.2 to 1.2, but there was no increase for RISING STAR.  SATURDAY CABLE:  POWER (Starz) was steady at 0.4 for the combination of its 9PM and 10PM runs. SUNDAY CABLE:  THE LEFTOVERS (HBO) debuted with […]

  An OK start for THE PASSAGE. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.8, and NBC’s to 0.8, while FOX’s stayed at 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There were 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL games in Saturday’s Top 10 (and 4 more in the next 10), with ESPN’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a CORAZON DE AMERICA special at 0.22, 20/20 was at 0.28 compared to last week’s 0.48/0.43. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was at 0.63, followed by GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS at 0.19 and a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.14. NBC:  After an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.33, DATELINE dropped 0.07 to 0.26. […]

FOX won the night with two hours of The X Factor, a preliminary 3.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-10 pm.  This is up one tenth from the 3.4 premiere last Wednesday and could possibly rise to a 3.6 in the official nationals, but FOX had to be hoping for a bigger lift from last week without […]

A terrific night for NBC as the Sports division took control of Sunday night from the Entertainment division.  U.S. Olympic Trials coverage of three sports dominated the other networks, posting a 2.5 preliminary Adult 18-49 rating from 7-11 pm while the other networks could only muster around a 1 rating (with mostly repeats). NBC started the […]