BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The line-up returned from a week off, and after a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.48, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.07 to 0.50, THE CHASE fell a tenth to 0.37, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.07 to 0.30. CBS:  60 MINUTES is back to receiving giant boosts from […]

  Typically when a network orders additional scripts for a series, it does so at the Writers Guild minimum, so it’s a very minimal investment compared to ordering additional episodes–thousands rather than millions of dollars.  Keeping scripts in process allows for “continuous production” when and if the network decides to actually issue a back-order, which […]

>Last night, FOX won again with a slipping X Factor and the premiere of Bones.  FOX averaged a 3.5 Thursday night, up sharply from the 2.2 the network averaged the same night last year with Bones and Fringe.  CBS was in second place with a 3.3 rating, down a touch from a 3.4 last year.  […]

  ROSEANNE wasn’t the only show facing a down arrow. 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 […]

> FOX’s decision to move TOUCH to Thursdays and BONES to Mondays left THE FINDER as the odd show out, and today that other shoe fell:  Finder will run its remaining episodes (essentially burning them off) on Fridays at 8PM, starting April 6.  This pushes the unscripted HOTEL HELL to summer. This may not be […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Yes, both ABC shows climbed in final numbers, 0.1 bumps for DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE.  There was also an 0.1 increase for THE BIG BANG THEORY.  On NBC, THE VOICE grew by 0.1 but THE BLACKLIST lost the corresponding tenth.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable […]

> BOSS:  Fridays 10PM on Starz – Potential DVR Alert BOSS is Starz’s bid to be taken seriously as a pay-TV producer of original programming.  Up until now, Starz has been both successful (Spartacus) and not-so successful (Camelot) in its original shows, but all of them have been somewhat junky–even Torchwood:  Miracle Day, with its […]

  A rebound night for THE MASKED SINGER. 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). Ratings analysis […]