> 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season finale episodes of JUDGE STEVE HARVEY were at 0.41/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.40.  The season finale of TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  FBI ticked down to 0.55, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.04 to 0.49, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.02 to 0.47. NBC:  YOUNG […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 28 and Sunday March 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball NCAA Basketball Championship: Elite Eight Round Saturday 5.69 rating TBS 6:00 pm #1-Wisconsin vs […]

>ABC’s Wednesday is humming along and won the night with a 3.4 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals.  Modern Family at 9 led the way of course with a 5.7 (the same as last week).   Suburgatory seems to be stabilizing at a 3.0 (the three-week track is 3.3…3.1…3.0, and it could very possibly go […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.48, up 0.03 from last week and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale.  20/20 was steady at 0.35. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.05 to 0.26, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.23, and DATELINE was up […]

NOTE: NFL Preseason pre-emptions for ABC (Los Angeles), NBC (Phoenix), and FOX (Minneapolis) will lead to minor adjustments in final numbers. 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 […]

> A quiet night, but there was some stirrings of change thanks to ABC. ABC:  EXTREME MAKEOVER:  HOME EDITION made its Friday debut (it will ultimately be joined by Shark Tank), and while the 8PM episode didn’t do much, the show zoomed forward at 9PM to come within 0.1 of CSI NY.  That was followed […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.33.  (Last year’s Game 1 aired on NBC Sports Net at 0.48.) CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.29/0.27. FOX:  MASTERCHEF dipped 0.03 to 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.04 to 0.31. CW:  THE FLASH fell […]