>NBC’s Parenthood premiered last night to a 2.3 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals.  This is down 36% from the America’s Got Talent lead-in and down 15% from last season’s premiere episode.  The 2.3 is right at our projected program average for originals this Fall. Over at the mini-network The CW, 90210 returned to the schedule […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP rose 0.09 from Wednesday to 0.61.  Reruns followed at 0.24/0.15. CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.35/0.33/0.30/0.21. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.38, down 60% from the parallel night in 2018. FOX:  JOE MILLIONAIRE gained 0.05 to 0.31, CALL ME KAT dropped 0.05 to 0.30, and PIVOTING was down 0.06 […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  FOX’s primetime PAC 12 TOURNAMENT coverage was at 0.32.  CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.02.  In late-night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.80.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was Championship day for most college basketball tournaments, and ESPN’s games were at […]

> CBS narrowly won the second Friday of the season with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating (each of the three scripted programs was down 0.2 from premiere week), while NBC and FOX followed closely with a 1.4 rating, fueled by lower cost unscripted fare.  Dateline averaged a 1.6 over two hours and peaked at a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.63, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.08 to 0.63, and BIG SKY was up 0.03 to 0.29. CBS:  After reruns at 0.38/0.36/0.34, HOW WE ROLL dropped 0.05 to 0.29, and BULL was down 0.04 to 0.25. NBC:  The line-up returned from a 2-week break, with LAW & ORDER […]

> 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:  Once again boosted by an NFL Playoffs lead-in, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.09 from its last new episode to 0.81.  AMERICAN IDOL jumped 0.13 to 0.92, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.12 to 0.49. CBS:  60 MINUTES dropped 0.07 to 0.50, NCIS: LA was at 0.39/0.42 compared to last week’s […]