Here’s some news to wash the stink of that WHITNEY renewal out of your mouths: ABC has renewed its splendid bubble comedy HAPPY ENDINGS for a 3rd season. The show, which hasn’t always been well-treated by ABC (airing after Modern Family reruns and in the 10PM hour at various times) received a full 22-episode […]
NETWORK FINALS: The SURVIVOR reunion special dropped to 0.9 in final numbers. In addition, CHICAGO FIRE gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 2.03. On Bravo, SOUTHERN CHARM returned with regular episodes at 0.49, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]
EXCLUSIVELY ON SHOWBUZZDAILY TODAY: THE SKED’S MONDAY FALL RATINGS FORECAST! Last night, it was good to have cable. CBS: The sole scripted drama on broadcast TV last night was another in the series of Tom Selleck MOWs, JESSE STONE: BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, which was watched by almost 13 million people, but only […]
>ESPN’s Monday Night Football this week was down from a 6.9 to a 5.0 rating this week. Blame AFC teams and a lopsided score. Jersey Shore was down a tenth of a rating point and pushed into third place by a very good season premiere of Walking Dead on AMC. BET’s Hip Hop Awards scored […]
NETWORK FINALS: As anticipated, ABC’s NBA FINALS rose to 6.4 after adjustment (0.1 below Monday’s Game 5), and FOX’s US OPEN coverage rose to 0.7. In addition, the 8:30PM episode of AP BIO lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY gained the same. […]
NBC dominated the broadcast networks on the first Monday of the summer season with a 1.9 rating from 8-11 pm, although NBC will come in behind ESPN which aired Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat (that rating to be released later today along with the other cable […]
> NBC Wednesday = failure. NBC: Another new comedy, another flop. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, despite some good reviews, could only manage a 1.2 premiere. Which was better than the final 2 episodes of the network’s last try, BENT, which exited with a pathetic 0.8 average. The Betty White comedy reality show OFF THEIR ROCKERS at […]
A dip for CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD. 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 and […]