> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.06 to 0.50, THE GOLDBERGS slipped 0.02 to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.05 to 0.50, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.41.  BIG SKY was down 0.04 to 0.27. CBS:  SURVIVOR fell 0.14 to 0.62, and THE AMAZING RACE (relocated to 9PM) was up 0.06 to 0.36.  […]

  It looks like we’ll never find out what that creepy Damien-like kid was doing with the genetically mutated assassin (or who Amy Irving was supposed to be), let alone what Albert Einstein’s translated final equations were talking about.  After three horribly rated episodes, including a 1.0 this week, ABC has yanked ZERO HOUR from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BIG BANG THEORY rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SWAT and ARROW season finales lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION dipped 0.03 to 1.02, and EX ON THE BEACH was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS returned from a rerun week down 0.05 to 0.44, followed by a WONDER YEARS rerun at 0.26, then THE CONNERS was back from reruns down 0.03 to 0.40, followed by a HOME ECONOMICS rerun at 0.27.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked down to 0.25. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.06 to […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got worse for AGENT CARTER in final numbers, with a 0.1 dip to 0.9 that made its new series low even lower.  Both HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and CHICAGO PD, however, gained 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND topped Tuesday […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  ABC wins the week, thanks to two NBA Finals games on Thursday and Sunday.  The NBA Finals started a week later on the calendar last year (the week June 11-17, 2012) and that week contained […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE WINTER OLYMPICS gained only 0.1 in adjusted numbers, bringing it to 5.0, more than a point behind Vancouver and more than 3 points behind Turin for the night.  (Don’t even ask about Salt Lake City.)  At least the afternoon adjustments gave the Games something, though–AMERICAN IDOL stayed at its awful, all-time […]