Another summer Tuesday that belonged to America’s Got Talent. ABC: A special edition of BACHELOR IN PARADISE had the same 1.3 rating as Monday’s episode. 20/20 was down 0.1 from last week at 0.8. NBC: Both FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT were up 0.1, to 1.1 and 2.1 respectively, with the latter show […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE EMMY AWARDS adjusted up to 4.2 in final numbers, still considerably below last year’s final 4.9. Below are the Top 25 cable originals from Monday night, with their ratings in key demos. If there are any other series you’d like added, please let us know. Some additional information and context are […]
Maybe airing the Emmys on a Monday wasn’t such a great idea. NBC: THE EMMY AWARDS, airing on a weeknight for the first time in decades, fell 0.5 from last year in preliminary numbers to 3.8. (It’s currently down 1.1 from last year’s final numbers, but this year’s show should go up as well […]
SATURDAY CABLE: The season premiere of DOCTOR WHO on BBCAmerica scored 0.85 in 18-49s, with 2.2M total viewers. The premiere of INTRUDERS, airing afterward, lost most of that lead-in with 0.23/796K. The DOCTOR WHO AFTERSHOW slipped some more to 0.17/408K. Elsewhere, OUTLANDER (Starz) got older with its 3rd episode, falling 0.06 in 18-49s to […]
CONSTANTINE: Friday 10PM on NBC starting October 24 – If Nothing Else is On… (but also Incomplete) PLAYERS: DC Comics. Series creators Daniel Cerrone (a showrunner, although not creator, of Dexter) and David S. Goyer (of DaVinci’s Demons and the Dark Knight movies). Pilot director Neil Marshall, who’s best known for directing the “Blackwater” episode […]
Below are the ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts last Friday. Friday cable is mostly for fans of WWE and the Disney Channel, but here are the numbers for a couple of other shows of interest: THE KNICK (Cinemax) held almost exactly with the previous week at 0.13 and 407K […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. The Little League World Series (U.S. championship game Saturday and Sunday’s Championship game) attracted huge audiences, […]
Big Brother had no trouble with preseason football. CBS: BIG BROTHER rose 0.3 from last week to 2.5, easily the top show of the night. 60 MINUTES was also up 0.3 to 1.1, and UNFORGETTABLE grew by 0.1 to 0.9, while RECKLESS stayed at 0.5. NBC: NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL was at 1.9 in preliminary […]