BROADCAST FINALS ABC:   THE BACHELOR ticked down to 0.65.  In what turned out to be the final straw for PROMISED LAND, which will be yanked to Hulu after next week, the series dropped 0.03 to 0.15. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.53, and BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION ticked down […]

> Previously… On ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA?:  “Chelsea Newman,” aka the fictionalized Chelsea Handler (Laura Prepon) works in a New Jersey sports bar, knocking back drinks and men, and trading barbs with co-workers and family alike. Episode 2:  If it weren’t for hour-mate Whitney, Chelsea might be the least sexy show ever to be obsessed […]

  The first back order of the 2013-14 TV season… is a renewal. SLEEPY HOLLOW was only intended to run half a season this year, splitting the Monday 9PM timeslot with the return of The Following, and since it’s been a big success, with three consecutive ratings at a 3 or higher in 18-49s and […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the rest of this week will largely be charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond promptly to reader requests for specific ratings in the Comments. NETWORK UPDATE:  UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.1 to 1.2 in […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION both received extra 0.1s in final Sunday numbers, as did MADAM SECRETARY and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, 0.8 below last week’s game. Ratings in key demos  for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.11 to 0.33, and 20/20 was down 0.11 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.24/0.19/0.16. NBC:  After a rerun at 0.18, GRAND CREW lost 0.04 to 0.19, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.29. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.11 to 0.58. CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US ticked up to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.25 were followed by an ABC NEWS SPECIAL at 0.28. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.20. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.31, followed by a rerun at 0.39 and an NBC NEWS SPECIAL at 0.38. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.09 to 0.64. CW:  A rerun at 0.04. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON ticked up […]

  Agents of SHIELD has lost its superpowers. ABC;  One might reasonably have expected AGENTS OF SHIELD to benefit from the arrival of the blockbuster new Thor movie in theatres last weekend (the series is even planning a spin-off episode next week, although without any of the movie’s stars).  But instead, SHIELD plunged 0.3 to […]