NETWORK UPDATE:  Time-zone adjusted numbers for Game 1 of THE NBA FINALS increased to 6.0, 0.3 above last year’s Game 1.  However, those same adjustments reduced the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE by a full point to 1.1, and the NBA COUNTDOWN pre-game show by 0.8 to 2.0.  In addition, HELL’S KITCHEN went up 0.1 […]

  Even THIS IS US wilted in the face of Halloween and WORLD SERIES Game 6. 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 […]

  Adjust all those DVRs set for the season premiere of the newly revamped COMMUNITY.  (And both of those set to record WHITNEY as well.)  The two shows had been scheduled to join the NBC Friday line-up on October 19, but now their debuts have been postponed, with Grimm reruns in that slot for the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, up 0.6 from last week’s final.  After adjustment for late-afternoon NFL, THE SIMPSONS fell half a point (down 0.3 from the final 2019 rating for the TREEHOUSE OF HORROR episode), BLESS THE HARTS lost 0.1, and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1.  In addition, […]

> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of SEAL TEAM and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES led Wednesday cable, up a tick to 0.45, with BLACK INK CREW at […]

  RED BAND SOCIETY:  Wednesday 9PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  The Fault In Our Stars, which opened studio and network eyes to the commercial appeal of seriously ill teenagers.  Amblin Television, the small-screen wing of Steven Spielberg’s production empire.  The Spanish series that originated this project’s concept.  US series creator Margaret […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE was at 0.76, down a tick from last Tuesday and down from 1.3 for its previous finale in 2019. CBS:  FBI dropped 0.09 to 0.59, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked up to 0.53, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down a tick to 0.53. NBC:  THE VOICE […]