AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was no comfort for FOX in the final numbers, which left AMERICAN IDOL at 2.4, and even worse, left SURVIVOR at 2.5, giving the 14-year old reality show veteran its first win over IDOL.  SUBURGATORY, however, eased its own pain by rising 0.2 to 1.6, reversing most of the drop from […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL rose a tenth to 0.72, followed by a rerun of THE GOOD DOCTOR at 0.22. CBS:  An installment of THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.61, followed by reruns at 0.31/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST was steady at 0.27, and ENDGAME was up 0.06 to 0.24. FOX:  […]

  The storyline on Under the Dome may be getting increasingly wacky, but viewers are hanging in. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME held even at 2.4, tying its series low, but still towering over everything else that aired last night.  The reruns that preceded it were all 0.9-1.0. NBC:  A bad night.  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR slipped […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and PERSON OF INTEREST added 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of THE FLASH. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCF) topped Tuesday cable, although it was off 0.02 from […]

  A big drop for the ACM AWARDS. 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 […]

> GCB gives, even while DST taketh away. ABC:  GCB is a very bad show, but not an unpopular one.  Its 2.3 inched up over last week’s premiere, at least in preliminary numbers, and seemed to squeak out a timeslot victory, by 0.1 over NBC and 0.2 over CBS.  It still looks awfully weak to […]

  HEROES was sorta REBORN. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 12.0.  In addition, FOX’s primetime overrun for the late afternoon game was at 13.1, and adjustment after that pushed THE SIMPSONS down to 2.8, THE MICK  to 1.7 and FAMILY GUY to 1.4.  On ABC, the 9PM TO TELL THE TRUTH and CONVICTION […]