BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Airing for the first time since November 10, STATION 19 ticked down to 0.49, and GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.02 to 0.49.  A rerun of the COMPANY YOU KEEP pilot was at 0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.35/0.24/0.18. NBC:  LAW & ORDER dipped 0.04 to 0.49, SVU dropped 0.07 to 0.58, and LAW […]

> A preview of next season’s schedule? CBS:  The network experimented with a new episode of THE MENTALIST at 9PM, and while the 2.0 rating was 20% below the show’s Thursday season low, Friday offers fewer available eyeballs, so a decline was to be expected.  Mentalist nevertheless considerably outrated what CSI NY and A Gifted […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up was preempted last week for the Oscars, and returned with AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down 0.25 to 0.47, AMERICAN IDOL down 0.13 to 0.59, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP up 0.04 to 0.27.  CBS:  60 MINUTES benefitted from afternoon NCAA TOURNAMENT games at 1.43/2.40/2.64 and rose four-tenths to 0.93.  […]

>CBS had a good night with the NCAA basketball tournament, averaging a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm and beating the 1.5 rating from last year’s comparable night.  Credit goes to a thrilling upset by 15th-seed Lehigh over 2nd-seed Duke in the Southern region.  CBS’s coverage of the climax of that game […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 10 through Sunday April 16, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year […]

> CBS aired a schedule of repeats last night, potentially throwing some viewers up in the air to sample reality on ABC and NBC.  In fact, The Voice and especially Dancing with the Stars were down from last week.  And certainly no viewers rushed to check out Alcatraz on its final night.  Two final episodes […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS arrived at 0.63, followed by a rerun at 0.20. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.06 to 0.42, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.03 to 0.37, NCIS was steady at 0.40, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.30. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.08 to 0.50, and THAT’S MY JAM ticked down […]

> 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 […]