> Another experiment fails. ABC:  PRIVATE PRACTICE has been comfortably successful on Thursdays, in the shelter of older sibling Grey’s Anatomy. but the network’s attempt to try it out on Tuesday nights–while Shonda Rhimes’ other show Scandal occupies the Thursday 10PM slot–didn’t have a promising start.  Despite airing against a rerun on CBS, and featuring […]

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-34, 6.6 in Female Teens, 3.2 in Women 18-34 and 2.1 in Women 18-49).  The target […]

  An aptly-titled music special provided the night’s strongest sign of life. 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). […]

  Cable didn’t prove the cure for David E. Kelley’s recent ratings ills.  The debut of MONDAY MORNINGS only managed an anemic 1.34M viewers last night, about 40% of what the premiere for FX’s The Americans scored last week.  TNT didn’t even release 18-49 numbers, which should tell you all you need to know about […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS gained 0.05 to 0.59, JUDGE STEVE HARVEY ticked down to 0.27, and a rerun followed at 0.22. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership up 0.04 to 0.45, FBI: INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.40, and FBI: MOST WANTED up 0.03 to 0.37. NBC:  After reruns at 0.21/0.19, THE WALL […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 25 through Sunday December 1, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

Monday ratings. Original episode track  

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.73/0.42.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.03 to 0.54, with the lead-in hour steady at 0.30.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH was at 0.52/0.32 compared […]