> Don’t get too excited about that increase in SMASH‘s 18-49 rating last night, because it just vanished.  In the final Nielsen numbers, Smash came back down to the same 2.3 number it had last week.  (Castle was also lowered a tenth of a point.)   The lower number is nothing to panic about.  The final […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that most shows were preempted by last week’s State Of the Union address, so unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to January 31. ABC:  THE ROOKIE dipped 0.05 to 0.48, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked down to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was up 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  Airing new episodes for the first […]

NOTE: CBS’s coverage of the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ended around 10:17pm ET, followed by post game show. MAGNUM PI started around 10:39pm ET.  CBS numbers below will rise around +15% in the official nationals when live West Coast viewing is added. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day […]

> WHERE WE WERE:  Contra Security, a wacky high-tech firm run by the extravagantly enigmatic Oz (Christian Slater).  Contra tests the security measures of its clients by cracking them wide open, staging mock break-ins, robberies, and similar hijinks.  Its roster of idiosyncratic experts include hacker Cameron (Bret Harrison), gadget guy Cash (Alphonso McAuley) and, for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped a tenth to 0.38, and 20/20 was down 0.13 to 0.27. CBS:  SWAT ticked down to 0.37, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.05 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down a tenth to 0.33. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.05 to 0.26, GRAND CREW ticked up to 0.17, and DATELINE […]

> HBO has just announced the abrupt end of production on LUCK, which will not be back for the ordered second season.  The announced cause of the cancellation is the recent death of a horse involved with the show, the 3d horse to die in the course of Luck‘s production.  A veterinarian’s statement didn’t suggest […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from 2 weeks of reruns, THE CONNERS ticked up to 0.49, THE GOLDBERGS dipped 0.03 to 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.04 to 0.45, and NOT DEAD YET was steady at 0.31.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS held at 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR dropped 0.05 to 0.71.  After a rerun, TRUE LIES gained […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 11 through Sunday February 17, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]