There wasn’t much of interest in Friday’s preliminary ratings, and what little there was will be adjusted on Monday due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions for ABC in Nashville (the Tennessee vs. Kansas City game), CW in Charlotte (New England vs. Carolina) and CBS (respective local simulcasts in Boston and Kansas City). The NFL dominated […]

> February Sweeps go out not with a bang, but with the other thing. ABC:  The first “midseason arc” episode of REVENGE looked almost exactly like all the other episodes, so it was fitting that the rating stayed even.  The show will now take a break from fresh episodes until the end-of-season push in April.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR dropped 0.08 to 0.51, followed by a rerun of THE COMPANY YOU KEEP at 0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.28/0.24/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.06 to 0.54, followed by a MAGNUM PI rerun at 0.23. FOX:  FANTASY ISLAND was steady at 0.24, and ALERT ticked down to 0.26. CW:  […]

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 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 news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 12: March 13-19, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

> Greendale Community College 4-Ever! NBC:  The network seized the opportunity opened by CBS’s sure-to-be-low-rated NCAA coverage, and COMMUNITY‘s 2.2 was by far its highest rating of the season.  In fact, it was only 0.1 below THE OFFICE, NBC’s signature scripted sitcom.  That will probably never happen again, so allow a Community fan to savor […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.16. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership down 0.03 to 0.46, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down 0.09 to 0.40, and FBI: MOST WANTED down 0.08 to 0.38. NBC:  NIGHT COURT fell 0.11 to 0.29, and AMERICAN AUTO was down 0.02 to 0.21.  The season premiere of THE WALL was at […]