> ABC has announced its schedule of season finales for May: May 1:  LAST MAN STANDING May 6:  GCB May 7:  CASTLE May 13:  ONCE UPON A TIME               DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (2-hour series finale) May 15:  COUGAR TOWN (1-hour season finale)               PRIVATE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for NCIS, FBI, FBI: MOST WANTED and THIS IS US.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND dropped 0.07 to 0.44, and ASSEMBLY REQUIRED was down a tick to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GRIMM gained 0.1 in final numbers (but CONSTANTINE didn’t).  In addition, the PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME adjusted up by 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): GOLD RUSH (Discovery) had a robust 0.33 jump from last week to 1.54 to remain […]

  One network defied the holiday season to air new episodes of its regular series. 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 […]

  March Madness begins. 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 comparisons follow the chart. CBS:  […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL pulled away from THE WIZ LIVE in final numbers, as CBS’s game adjusted up to 5.3, while THE WIZ gained 0.1 to 3.4.  Elsewhere, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Considering that NFL Network had to share THURSDAY NIGHT […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Nothing moved more than 0.1 from the morning numbers, with AGENTS OF SHIELD, NCIS and CHICAGO FIRE climbing that amount (the latter, still down for the week, moved into a tie with PERSON OF INTEREST at 10PM) while TROPHY WIFE sank to an even more woeful 1.1.  TUESDAY CABLE:  BET took the […]

  LITTLE BIG SHOTS took a particular hit on a slow night. 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). […]