> See A Word About Busted Pilots Had it managed to become a full-fledged series, PARTNERS might have been a decent fit with ABC’s other female-oriented crime shows like Castle and Body of Proof, but based on the pilot, its only points of distinctiveness were probably too gimmicky and contrived to work.   The title […]

NBC dominated the broadcast networks on the first Monday of the summer season with a 1.9 rating from 8-11 pm, although NBC will come in behind ESPN which aired Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat (that rating to be released later today along with the other cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Because THE MICK aired twice on the west coast, at both 5PM and 8PM, it adjusted up a healthy 0.4 to 2.8. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.4, up a point from the Christmas night game.  RANSOM, however, lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun dropped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The highest rated shows were out of primetime, FOX’s afternoon MLB PLAYOFFS game at 1.09, and NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, down 0.22 from last week’s Kardashian episode to 0.82.  In primetime, ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was on top at 0.78.  CW’s WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS  were at […]

  May Sweeps didn’t begin with a (big) BANG. 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). Ratings analysis and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE HUSTLER, YOUNG SHELDON, B POSITIVE, and MR MAYOR.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.42/0.34.  Beyond that, the cable Top 10 was […]

  A definition of pathetic:  the combined rating for the four broadcast networks last night sunk below a 4 rating with adults 18-49, down 33% from the same night last year. CBS:  For what it’s worth, a 1.1 average allowed CBS to claim victory last night.  BIG BROTHER was the highest-rated show of the evening […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), afternoon cable posts, which usually appear around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted about 5PM PDT.     NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN and THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but things got worse for the premiere of THE CODE, which lost […]