> NBC slid to a 3.0 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm, still #1 for the night but the night is eroding steadily.  Pending updates in the official nationals, Two and a Half Men will be the #1 show last night with a 3.7 rating, edging The Voice by one tenth of a rating […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games occupied 4 of the Top 13 slots, with Minnesota vs. Washington State tied for the highest rating of the day at 0.96, […]

  FOX:  The season premiere episodes of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES ran at 1.2/1.1, far better in the 9PM hour than sitcoms have done for FOX all season.  They were also up from last season’s 0.9 premiere. ABC:  The night started with 1.1 for LAST MAN STANDING, down 0.3 from last week.  That didn’t help the season […]

>American Idol still guided FOX to a Wednesday win, but wow is the show in a tailspin.  Are they letting too many untalented singers through?  Jim Carrey’s daughter the other night — really?  Is the format simply tired?  In any case, it still won the 8 pm hour handily and helped successfully launch the new […]

  ABC was the odd network out last night, despite an all-new line-up. NBC:  THE WINNER IS was far from the winner in its Thursday premiere with a 1.0.  (It followed a repeat of itself, which didn’t do much worse with 0.8.)  The premiere of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fared better.  Per Mitch Metcalf:  Game Night […]

  NBC continued to own summer Tuesdays. 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 […]

>December 15 is traditionally around the last night there is any significant number of original episodes on the broadcast networks’ schedules and also the date when television usage starts to drop dramatically until bottoming out on Christmas Eve (which battles the night of July 4 as the least watched night of television of the year). […]

>Metered market overnight ratings were very strong for The Grammys on CBS, which averaged a 22.0 household rating and 33 share from 8-11 pm.  60 Minutes began the night with a solid 10.4 rating and 16 share, followed by the show itself (which ran to 11:30) which averaged around a 26 rating and 38 share. […]