UPDATE: Per expectations, the WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted to a 5.6 rating on Monday (Nielsen is still behind, recovering from the horror of dealing with a regular national holiday).  ALMOST HUMAN gained 0.1 to hit 1.7, tying the much more high-profile THE FOLLOWING (which for its part seems hell-bent on topping its own idiocy with […]

>Deadline is reporting that Pablo Schreiber, who guest starred on the pilot for CBS’s A GIFTED MAN (review here) has been upped to a regular.  Schreiber played a new age-y healer in the pilot, visited by Patrick Wilson’s character when Wilson was trying to decide whether to get rid of the ghost of his ex-wife […]

  Fans are already starting to miss their favorite serial killer, as DEXTER had the best launch of its run with last night’s Season 8 premiere.  The show had 2.5M viewers, up 100,000 from Season 7’s premiere.  (Demo numbers weren’t released, but should end up at around a 1.4 in 18-49s–which, if true, would mean […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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). RIO OLYMPIC RATINGS So Far Compared to Previous Summer Games: ###

> There are few opportunities left to tune in to NBC and bask in the glory of the network that used to be.  One that remains, though, is 30 ROCK, postponed this season to winter due to Tina Fey’s pregnancy but now back on Thursday nights. WHERE WE LEFT OFF:  Wacky, smart, mildly surreal, wickedly […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted up 0.3 in final numbers.  In addition, the SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.71/0.40, compared to last week’s 0.74/0.48.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

  FRIDAY NETWORK UPDATE:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but UTOPIA remained at its dismal 0.5. Ratings for Friday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts in key demos (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As it usually does, WWE on Syfy took Friday night, down 0.04 from last week to 0.77, and perhaps not surprisingly, it’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a rerun PRESS YOUR LUCK at 0.42, the special WOMEN OF 9/11 was at 0.47. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.04 to 0.91, and HOUSE CALLS held at 0.21.  A special 48 HOURS was at 0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dropped 0.04 to 0.61, and FAMILY GAME FIGHT was down 0.03 […]