NETWORK FINALS:  Both EMPIRE and LETHAL WEAPON gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CRIMINAL MINDS, BLINDSPOT and SVU.  Both CW reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TV […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  With the NFL game calculated out, both NBC and FOX suffered across-the-board declines that neither network–but especially NBC–couldn’t afford.  So there were new series lows for PARKS & RECREATION (1.1 in both half-hours), SEAN SAVES THE WORLD and THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW (both at pathetic 0.9s), while PARENTHOOD slipped to 1.2.  […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, paced by the late-evening TBS game at 1.42.  (Even an NIT game hit the Top 10, with […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The DATELINE and SHARK TANK reruns gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 8:30PM MASTERS OF ILLUSION, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and NCIS: LA reruns lost the same         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  There weren’t a lot of originals on […]

> If you’re NBC and you have exactly one hit show, what do you want?  More of it. Beginning the week of April 2, THE VOICE will air on both Mondays and Tuesdays, with live performance shows 8-10PM on Mondays and eliminations 9-10PM on Tuesdays.  It’ll therefore be airing against both weekly installments of Dancing […]

  ABC got its wish:  an NBA FINALS that extends into next week. 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 […]

  NOTE: ABC numbers below inflated by NFL Preseason pre-emption in Los Angeles (mostly in the early part of the evening). FOX’s 7-10 pm numbers inflated by NFL Preseason pre-emption in New Orleans.   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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE gained an extra 0.1 in final numbers, but the already-canceled THE MESSENGERS fell 0.1 to a tiny 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader ruled the night at 1.99/1.20.  Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was up a tick to 0.54, and UNEARTHED was down a tick […]