NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA tripleheader was at 0.91/0.87./0.29  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.64/0.61/0.56 compared to last week’s […]

> ABC was in a giving mood today, and the swag was full season pick-ups.  ONCE UPON A TIME, of course, has already richly earned its extra episodes with 2 splendid weeks of ratings.  HAPPY ENDINGS probably cemented its claim last night, when it shot up half a ratings point from the last time it […]

  New lead-ins didn’t help FOX’s sitcoms. 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 follow […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.07 to 0.43, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.50, SUPERMARKET SWEEP was down 0.05 to 0.37, and THE ROOKIE held at 0.31.  CBS:  With a lower NFL lead-in, 60 MINUTES was down 0.61 to 0.92.  The season premiere of THE EQUALIZER was at 0.77 […]

  AMC:  Although still massive, THE WALKING DEAD has been consistently falling, down another 0.3 this week to 5.7 (plus another 1.0 from the 11PM re-airing).  It’ll be interesting to see how the fall finale scores on Sunday (last year’s had a 5.4, even with the week that preceded it).  TALKING DEAD was also down, […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots If it’s a procedural, this must be CBS.  HAIL MARY was one of the pilots that had initial buzz around town, and it boasted a casting coup with Minnie Driver in the lead (her first network show after doing The Riches for FX), but it’s not hard to […]

  A subdued night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follows the chart. ABC:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  after the night’s NFL overruns were accounted for, UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.2 to 1.8, and the sliver of CSI that was in primetime was at 1.4.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, meanwhile, adjusted up to 6.6, up half a point from the previous week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original […]