BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41.  QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS:  SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47.  Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  No network will finish above a 2 rating for the week, even as the May sweep (with plenty of original episodes began).  The problem this past week was there were no live sports or special […]

  AMERICAN CRIME is turning into a felony. 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 comparisons […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  9-1-1 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.44 from last week’s game to 3.89.  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 0.99 (Dodgers vs. Nationals)/0.58 (Braves vs. Cardinals), Fox Sports 1’s […]

  The mostly-scripted summer Thursday scheme isn’t working out well for anyone. 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). […]

  Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Garth Brooks. CBS:  On an otherwise weak night, GARTH BROOKS: LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS towered over everything else at 1.8, better than anything CBS has run all fall in the 9-11PM Friday slot.  It was particularly impressive because the special got no lead-in at all from two rerun holiday specials, […]

>Put ABC’s Suburgatory in the conditional win column, while Revenge is on a watch list to see where it settles.  FOX’s The X Factor suffered a decline in week two, but the Simon Cowell performance show still powered FOX to a victory on the second Wednesday of the season.  CBS was down a bit at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie ZOOTOPIA at 0.23 was followed by a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.12. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.21/0.22. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.31, followed by a rerun WEAKEST LINK at 0.25. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS fell 0.09 to 0.27, and BEAT SHAZAM was down […]