NOTE: Many FOX stations (mostly in the Northeast and Texas) carried the regional NFL game between Washington and Pittsburgh. The game ended after 8PM ET and impacted the fast affiliate-based nationals for FOX. Precise program ratings for FOX primetime will be available this afternoon with the official nationals. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour […]

>ABC premiered Once Upon a Time last night with great success, a 3.9 Adult 18-49 rating, building impressively off a 1.5 rating lead-in from America’s Funniest Home Videos.  Viewers liked what they saw in the pilot as audience built throughout the show: 8:00-8:30 (3.8 rating) and 8:30-9:00 (4.0).  The fairy tale-dual universe drama was also […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With football adjusted out, THE VOICE and STATE OF AFFAIRS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.  That pushed STATE to a new low 1.5, and ominously, it was at 1.3 by its last 15 minutes.  Football also resulted in THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and the CASTLE rerun on ABC losing 0.1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  With the exception of CW, all the broadcasters carried the STATE OF THE UNION address and its response (ABC had the bragging rights for those), so there was limited original programming.  ABC:  A rerun of JUDGE STEVE HARVEY at 0.41. CBS:  An FBI rerun at 0.40. NBC:  AMERICAN AUTO dropped 0.06 to […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.2 in final numbers, while ABC’s PREP & LANDING reruns were up 0.1.  In addition, the NCIS: LA rerun that barely counted as primetime with a 10:57PM start time had a 0.4 rating.  Football adjustments at FOX dropped the 7PM ICE AGE special rerun by 0.5.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for the rerun of AMERICAN IDOL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The KIDS CHOICE AWARDS were at 0.16 on Nickelodeon, with simulcasts at 0.02/115K on Nick Jr, 0.01/60K on Nicktoons, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, probably due to sports preemptions, the CW line-up was down across the board, by 0.2 at 8PM and by 0.1/0.1 at 8:30PM and 9PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon coverage […]