THE MCCARTHYS:  Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS:  Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway.  The series was created by Brian Gallivan, a relative newbie, so the showrunner will be Mike Sikowitz, of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CROSSBONES couldn’t hold its preliminary number, and slipped 0.1 to a 1.0 premiere.  WHAT WOULD YOU DO went up 0.1 to 1.2, and the SHARK TANK rerun was likewise up to 1.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  There was nothing going on but sports and comedy reruns.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated at 2.7, with […]

  We won’t have Friday’s cable numbers until Monday, but there’s a good chance that ESPN’s World Cup coverage outrated everything on the broadcast networks last night. NBC:  The dubious honor of the night’s highest rated show went to DATELINE, down 0.2 from its last airing (it was preempted last week by the Stanley Cup Finals) […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 of poundage in final numbers.  However, both the CW reruns dropped by 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  Germany’s demolition of Brazil in the World Cup semifinals (ESPN) was the day’s easy winner at 1.9, as detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post.  FINDING CARTER (MTV) debuted fairly well with […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  The 2nd MISS UNIVERSE of 2017 continued the pageant’s downward trend. 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). […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT exchanged 0.1s in final network numbers.  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and 20/20 each gained 0.1.  In addition, the FAMILY GUY rerun rose 0.1 and the SUPERNATURAL rerun dropped by the same. Below are the ratings in several demographic categories for the Top 25 original cable telecasts […]