Memorial Day 2013 on the broadcast networks, actually up over Memorial Day 2012 because NBC’s regular Monday schedule is extending into June this year.
Hockey had a big–and epic–night. NBC: Per Mitch Metcalf: A very good rating for the NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1. The match lasted over five hours, and it was well into the third overtime period (almost two full games) when Chicago beat Boston 3-2. The fast national rating of 2.4 with adults 18-49 […]
Cable and broadcast weekly rankings. The annual BET Awards took the #1 position for the week with adults 18-49, edging the premiere of Under the Dome for the weekly crown.
Showtime’s RAY DONOVAN survived Sunday’s arrival of The Newsroom on HBO with minimal damage (down by 0.1 in 18-49s to 0.5, and by 100,000 total viewers to 1.45M), and the network rewarded the Liev Schreiber drama with a Season 2 renewal. The show’s ratings haven’t been stellar (it was soundly beaten by Newsroom‘s 2.2M/0.9), […]
TUESDAY TNT: RIZZOLI & ISLES dipped a bit, down 150,000 total viewers to 5.3M and down 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 1.0, and PERCEPTION followed suit, down by just about the same margins to 3.4M total viewers and 0.7 in the demo. USA: The numbers for SUITS and to a lesser extent COVERT […]
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. WE ARE MEN: Monday 8:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel It hasn’t been a great fall for new sitcoms. On CBS, WE ARE MEN (which could have better been called We Are Mediocrities) joins Mom, The Crazy Ones, and The Millers, […]
Through Thursday, coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS and the Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV) is averaging almost 9.2 million viewers 2+ live+same day across the four networks in an average minute. That is up +9% from last year’s recent low of 8.4 million for the same games and up +2% […]
Summer Wednesdays approach their end pretty much in place. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was up a tick from last week’s low to 2.2 (the 8PM clip show stayed at 1.3). CAMP is currently even with last week’s low 0.9, but it began at 10:01PM, so that could change in final numbers. FOX: The 9PM […]