ABC looks to be all but done with its pre-Upfront orders, adding several bubble show renewals and a few new series to its prior haul.  DON’T TRUST THE B___ IN APT 23, LAST MAN STANDING, BODY OF PROOF, and PRIVATE PRACTICE are all coming back, the latter 2 with what is quickly becoming a […]

    Tell the understudies to start learning their lines, as NBC wants it to be known that the Season 2 version of SMASH, under new showrunner Josh Safran, will be markedly different from the generally assailed Season 1.  No less than 4 major characters are being written out, and all the exits target the […]

> On cable this past week, NFL football was again the top-rated program, and Jersey Shore was in second place, as usual.  But tying for second was the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, which aired 30 minutes after the first Sheen-less Two and a Half Men was broadcast.  Even the repeat of the Roast […]

With its comedies in repeats, CBS moved into fourth pace last night, creating a tight race between the other three networks.  NBC premiered American Ninja Warrior, which started decently in the first half hour but declined steadily until 11 pm.  FOX aired the series finale of House, which managed to win the 9 pm hour on a […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 24 through Sunday June 30, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

>The numbers are remaining very impressive for HBO’s smash hit GAME OF THRONES. Last night’s Episode 2 rating was only down 2-3% from the series-record season premiere the previous week. That’s better than the hold True Blood had between its season premiere and 3rd episode (its 2d episode can’t fairly be counted because it fell […]

NBC won Saturday night with a 1.5 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating (subject to upward revision due to the live broadcast feed to the west coast).  Coverage of the third round of the U.S. Open golf championship from Olympic Club in San Francisco earned a 1.5 preliminary rating from 8-10 pm and a 1.6 rating from […]

  CW had previously announced that virtually its entire line-up would premiere in October (allowing its mostly serialized shows to air with fewer of the hiatuses and repeats that have tended to disrupt the network’s schedule), and now it’s put specific dates to the debuts: Friday August 24: 8PM:  AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL Tuesday October […]