BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped a tenth to 0.46, and 20/20 was up 0.03 to 0.43. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION fell 0.11 from Thursday to 0.38.  A BLUE BLOODS rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY was at 1.97, a dismal 70% plunge from the 2018 Ceremony.  (Note that […]

> 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:  With the exception of CW, all the broadcasters carried the STATE OF THE UNION address and its response (ABC had the bragging rights for those), so there was limited original programming.  ABC:  A rerun of JUDGE STEVE HARVEY at 0.41. CBS:  An FBI rerun at 0.40. NBC:  AMERICAN AUTO dropped 0.06 to […]

  Considering the number of events on the air, a surprisingly stable night. 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 […]

> On a night without a lot of movement, sometimes standing still works out for the best. FOX:  Zooey Deschanel may not be a mainstream movie star, but her Manic Pixie Dream Girl charms are definitely making her one on TV:  NEW GIRL (see our Pilot + 1 Review) is just a hair behind 2 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked up to 0.49, and 20/20 was up 0.08 to 0.35. CBS:  The network’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.26/2.37. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.24, and DATELINE was down 0.08 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.09 to 0.49. CW:  CHARMED dropped 0.05 to 0.04, and DYNASTY […]

> In one of the least surprising developments of the young season, CBS has given a full season back-order to 2 BROKE GIRLS. Considering that the show did a 4.4 this past week, and NBC has given back orders to UP ALL NIGHT (2.1) and WHITNEY (2.5), it would be an understatement to say that […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.03 to 0.49, and THE WONDER YEARS lost 0.03 to 0.31.  After a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.26, HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.28.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.07 to 0.86, and BEYOND THE EDGE was down 0.02 […]