BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.38.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was NFL Network’s day thanks to NFL PRESEASON games at 0.54/0.47/0.43/0.30.  On ESPN, UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.27/0.15, and TOP RANK BOXING was at 0.26.  Reelz’s ON […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series returns with a look back at the complete 2014-2015 television season.  ABC’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted […]

> 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 ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

  NBC:  NBCUniversal wants everyone to know that JURASSIC WORLD is opening Friday, and a 1.2 rating for a run of the 22-year old JURASSIC PARK was an effective way of furthering that.  (PARK will also be running on the company’s cable networks prior to the new release.)  ABC:  After 0.8 for a SHARK TANK […]

> WARNING:  Spoilers Abound That expelled breath heard around the country this evening was a collective sigh of relief:  HOMELAND‘s season finale didn’t collapse.  On the contrary, it delivered a satisfying conclusion that resolved Season 1 storylines while setting the stage for an intriguing, and somewhat different, Season 2. No recent show has walked a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.34.  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY dropped 0.05 to 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  The network had the late national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES rocketed to 1.33.  The season premiere of […]

>ABC premiered the “comedy” Work It, and America did not turn out for it.  CBS went back to basics and brought back its regular Tuesday schedule (all in originals), winning the night unlike the same night last year, when it let Paula Abdul mess up its powerhouse Tuesday schedule.  NBC also went with originals of […]