NOTE TO READERS:  Afternoon charts this week will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated later in the day with full format.  Charts are now updated to normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD swapped 0.1s in final numbers, the former up and the latter down.  In addition, […]

> Not all shows premiere like Smash. ABC:  In recent years, viewers have flocked to horror series from True Blood to The Walking Dead to The Vampire Diaries, and at the multiplex, “found footage” thrillers like Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside and Chronicle sell tickets like crazy, so… So this is why the entertainment business […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since December 7, THE CONNERS gained 0.07 to 0.59, and THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.03 to 0.42.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.07 to 0.51, HOME ECONOMICS dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and BIG SKY was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT rose 0.07 […]

>American Idol continue to flounder.  Just when we thought the Wednesday edition could hold the line at a 6 rating, it now appears that a 5 rating could be the benchmark.  Idol is no longer hearing the footsteps of The Voice; it is watching Adam, Cee Lo, Blake and Christina definitely leaping ahead.  But before […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.57.  CBS’s BELLATOR MMA was at 0.18.  NBC’s SNL was up 0.09 to 0.78.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.10.  CW’s WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS gained 0.02 to 0.08.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.82/0.52/0.49/0.35/0.32/0.26 on ESPN, and 0.13/0.13/0.11/0.08/0.03 […]

> COMMUNITY returns to the NBC schedule at 8PM on Thursday, March 15. WHERE WE WERE:  Greendale Community College, of course!  Where the school mascot is a Human Being and the Dean (Jim Rash) is to be seen in outfits intended for any and all genders and species, a place of air conditioning repair secret-police […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dipped 0.03 to 0.46, and GREY’S ANATOMY was down 0.09 to 0.40.  ALASKA DAILY aired for the first time since November 17, up 0.02 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, YOUNG SHELDON edged up 0.02 to 0.63, GHOSTS dipped 0.04 to 0.54, SO HELP ME TODD  (back […]

  THE PASSAGE continued downward. 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 and comparisons follow […]