Our soothsaying group of former NBC head of Scheduling Mitch Metcalf, longtime head of NBC Current Programming Ted Frank and myself is continuing to set out instant, perhaps foolhardy predictions of what next fall’s primetime ratings will be.  Yesterday we covered Monday, and appropriately enough, it’s now time for a look at a Tuesday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7, and FOX’s MLS match adjusted to 0.4.  Elsewhere, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THE WALL lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

REVOLUTION continues to slip. NBC:  There are 2 more airings of REVOLUTION before it goes off the air until late March, and these are its ratings over its past 4 airings:  3.3, 3.0, 2.8 and last night’s 2.6.  Now, 2.6 is still a very strong number for a 10PM show, and Revolution still dominates its […]

> Reports are that NBC’s midseason sitcom based on Chelsea Handler’s bestselling book has unceremoniously dumped much of its supporting cast:  out are Natalie Morales and Angel Laketa Moore, the actresses who played Laura Prepon (Chelsea)’s best friends, as well as Joy Koy, who played one of her co-workers.  Reportedly this isn’t just a matter […]

>A quiet week on cable with no program topping a 2 rating with Adults 18-49.  With Walking Dead and Jersey Shore ending their seasons, the true granddaddy of lowest common denominator programs, WWE on USA, leads the pack this week with an okay 1.8 rating.  AMC’s Mad Men returned to the Sunday at 9 pm […]

  NOTE:  We’ll post final charts when we have them.  Also, at this time we have no information on Friday cable ratings below the Top 150.     NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PROVEN INNOCENT, BLUE BLOODS and SCREENTIME lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals […]

  CW will continue to be DC Comics (and Greg Berlanti) TV. For a network that only ordered three new shows (two of them for fall), CW has made quite a few changes in its new schedule, with DC Comics properties anchoring 4 nights of the week (and veteran Vampire Diaries the 5th) for stability, but […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 25 and Sunday January 26, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL 6.7 rating NBC 7:30-10:45 Sunday Pro Bowl (-13% from 7.7 last year)   College […]