Thanks to the State of the Union Address, there was virtually no original programming on the broadcast networks last night. ABC:  You’d think things were set up perfectly for THE TASTE to overperform, with nothing but reruns against it in the pre-speech 8PM slot, but it only managed to tie CBS for the hour, falling […]

  Cheers to ONCE UPON A TIME, which rushed through the PaleyFest preliminaries at this afternoon’s session and was able to screen not just tonight’s entire episode, but next week’s first act as well.  Tonight’s show does the usual deft job of switching among present-day Storybrooke, present-day New York (even if the latter looks a […]

Note: The fast affiliate nationals below for three of the four broadcast networks are subject to change. The ABC and FOX live sports coverage will go up +10% or more in the official nationals when viewing in the Pacific Time Zone from 5-8pm PT is factored in. Conversely, the NBC numbers below from 8:30-10:00pm will […]

  HBO reports that the initial airing of last night’s GIRLS Season 2 finale was watched by 632,000 total viewers.  That’s down about 37% from the Season 1 finale last year, and down about 27% from the Season 2 premiere–and even down 7% from the previous week, an odd result for a season finale but […]

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). ###

  A solid start for ABC’s new sitcom. ABC:  The night’s new configuration worked out well, at least for now.  THE MIDDLE was up 0.2 to 2.0 (still 15% below its season average), while SUBURGATORY, although slightly down at 1.8 from last week’s 9:30PM airing, was a few ticks above the numbers that THE NEIGHBORS […]

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). ###

  This is what it came to for SMASH and VEGAS, both starry, expensive shows that once had Emmy lights glittering in their eyes:  fighting it out for 3rd place at 8PM on a Saturday night.  Behind the 1.5 for a UFC match on FOX, behind even the 0.7 for ABC’s misbegotten game show BET ON […]