> 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 11: March 7-13, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  More weak arrivals. 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 follows the chart. FOX:  BIG3 BASKETBALL […]

>Deadline reports that NBC has pushed the launch of its scripted Friday shows CHUCK and GRIMM by a week, from October 21 to October 28.  Supposedly this is to give the series the benefit of a 2-day Halloween marketing push to begin with the network airing holiday-themed episodes of its Thursday comedies on October 27, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY rose 0.05 to 0.45, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.49, BLACK-ISH ticked up to 0.35, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.05 to 0.28. CBS:  Reruns at 0.45/0.38/0.30. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK slipped 0.02 to 0.32, and MR MAYOR was also down 0.02 to 0.27.  THIS IS US […]

  Regular line-ups were largely steady. 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 the […]

>Friday viewing patterns are pretty much locked in.  A brief review of the broadcast networks follow for the record.  TBS coverage of two exciting one-run Game 5’s in the National League will be reported when available.  CBS won the third Friday night of the season with a 1.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  A Gifted Man has […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT was at 0.45 on broadcast, down 0.02 from last year. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dipped 0.02 to 0.25.  Airing for the first time since April 8, BLUE BLOODS fell 0.09 to 0.31, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.03 to 0.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST fell […]