> NBC has followed up its announcement of its midseason schedule with a surprisingly timid order for 2 back-up scripts for GRIMM.  (In comparison, last month the network ordered 6 back-up scripts for the now-deceased Prime Suspect.)   It’s certainly true that Grimm has only aired 3 episodes thus far of its initial 13 episode order, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION dropped 0.05 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was down 0.05 to 0.44. CW:  After a KILLER CAMP rerun at 0.03, DYNASTY was down 0.02 to 0.02. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP was at 0.19, AMOR VALIENTE […]

  Hardly anyone was interested in network TV on the Sunday of holiday weekend. 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 […]

> America knows what it wants this holiday season:  a flying middle-aged reindeer and lots of lingerie models! CBS:  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER first aired (on NBC) in 1964, and 47 years later, it’s still going strong.  Its 4 rating easily won the 8PM time period.  (Here’s a fun fact about Rudolph, courtesy of Wikipedia:  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.22/0.19/0.20. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.07 to 0.40, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to 0.57.  Reruns followed at 0.32/0.26. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was up 0.02 to 0.41. CW:  STARGIRL ticked up to 0.08, followed […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 13-14, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, October 14-15, […]

> With reruns and holiday specials occupying most of the airwaves, NBC was able to grab a rare non-Sunday win. NBC:  The Peacock was the only network airing original scripted programming, and although CHUCK and GRIMM were each a bit down (to 0.9 and 1.5, respectively), that was enough, combined with DATELINE‘s 1.3, to take […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.12.  The season premiere of NBC’s SNL was at 0.73, down 0.19 from 2021’s premiere.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.54.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was dominant, with ESPN’s games at 0.86/0.80/0.69/0.39, Big 10’s at 0.37/0.24/0.11, Fox Sports 1’s […]