> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  Some viewers spent the night at Camp… but see below. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  on the surface, a fairly good debut for Camp at 10PM last night (a time period-winning 1.5 rating with adults 18-49).  However, please note that NBC peaked with a 2.9 rating at 9:30 for the second half of the AMERICA’S GOT […]

> SMASHWatch demands to know why “Bombshell” didn’t get any Tony nominations today.  NBC:  Last night’s SMASH encapsulated its season.  The episode began with high promise (a buoyant “Another Opening, Another Show” on the soundtrack as the cast members made their way to Boston for out-of-town tryouts), devolved into unconvincing, uninvolving soap, and culminated in […]

  THE FAMILY was welcomed with moderately open arms. 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 of 2). Ratings analysis and […]

  AMERICAN IDOL returned at a lower level. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR jumped 0.25 to 1.11, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.04 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked up to 0.64, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.08 to 0.60.  NCIS was steady at 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII remained at 0.46. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: EXTREME EDITION dipped 0.05 to […]

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 of 2). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  The Top 40 chart is being posted initially in preliminary form, and the full version will be added later today. NETWORK UPDATE:  The US OPEN coverage on FOX adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers to 0.6.  Elsewhere, both the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and DATELINE received an extra 0.1, but THE MESSENGERS and […]