> NBC’s sitcoms don’t get a fond farewell. NBC: How bad was the network’s night? Its highest rating was a 1.5 for the season finale of WHITNEY. About the best you could say about that number was that it was stable: the show’s ratings have stayed within the same 1.4-1.6 range for the past 6 […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: JEOPARDY MASTERS was steady at 0.50. After a rerun, THE GAME SHOW SHOW was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS: SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.71. The series finale of TRUE LIES was up 0.05 to 0.22. NBC: The CHICAGO franchise included MED up 0.07 to 0.47, FIRE up 0.05 to 0.49, and […]
LAST MAN STANDING hit a low. 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 follows […]
> NBC narrowly won Monday night with a weakening Voice still the highest-rated show on the night with young adults. CBS was back with its regular schedule, all in originals. While the 8:00-9:30 CBS schedule is on track to finish just below previous season lows, 9:30-11:00 is slightly ahead of season lows for those programs. […]
BROADCAST FINALS: FOX’s MLB game was at 0.42. On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION gained 0.02 to 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.04/0.04 compared to last week’s 0.02/0.01. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The STANLEY CUP FINALS game was at 0.50 on TNT, 0.16 on TBS and […]
> VEEP: Sundays 10PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert Although of course it made all the sense in the world to precede tonight’s premiere of its new political comedy VEEP with the trailer for its upcoming political comedy-drama, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, in some ways HBO might have considered thinking twice. Both Sorkin […]
SATURDAY STARZ: Starz would be pleased if THE WHITE QUEEN can continue where it landed with its second episode. Although its 800K total viewers and 0.3 in 18-49s were below the total of the many airings Starz and its sister networks gave the premiere the week before, it was above any single one of […]
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the 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) give plenty of notes, helpful and otherwise, and critics begin to […]