NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NFL WILD CARD GAME adjusted up in final numbers to 8.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s first-ever NFL WILD CARD GAME on Saturday afternoon swamped the rest of cable at 6.95, and the network also had […]

>I noted in my review of ABC’s PAN AM that the pilot characters in the, um, pilot, made little impression, and apparently the network agreed:  reports are that Jonah Lotan, who played the lead male role, is in the process of being replaced.  It seemed like the problem was more in the colorless writing of […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 52: December 20-26, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

> The typical episodic order for a new Fall show is 13 episodes, with a network option for 9 more (known as the “back-order”) to bring the full season to 22 episodes.  Shows that debut at Midseason typically get the same 13 episode initial order, with the network having a 13 + 9 option in […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dipped 0.04 to 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.03 to 0.58, BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.40, and QUEENS was up 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  A night of reruns at 0.41/0.37/0.37. NBC:  AMERICAN AUTO fell 0.12 to 0.38, GRAND CREW dropped 0.05 to 0.33, THIS IS US shrank by 0.15 […]

>   See A Word About Busted Pilots We’ve gotten this far without using the word “ghastly” to describe any of the busted pilots from this year’s development season, but that streak is about to end.  HELP WANTED, which was produced by Warner Bros for NBC, is unaccountably bad.  Partly that’s a function of its […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 7: February 7-13, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.09 to 0.86, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.40. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.03 to 0.52, NCIS gained 0.04 to 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.11 to 0.46. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: EXTREME EDITION ticked down […]