Broadcast TV barely even had a pulse last night. FOX: Somebody had to “win,” and that was FOX, with a line-up of animated reruns that gave the network a 1.3 average for the night. NBC: The night’s only original non-news telecast, WOMEN’S CONCERT FOR CHANGE, had an 0.8 rating, less than half what FOX’s […]
FRIDAY STARZ: The network continues to have a hard time getting any traction for its original scripted shows, as MAGIC CITY returned for its second season with a miniscule 500K viewers, of whom only 30% were under 50 (an 0.1 rating). SYFY: CONTINUUM held just about even, with 1.3M viewers and an 0.4 rating […]
ALMOST HUMAN: Monday 8PM on FOX (after a Sunday Nov 17 preview) – Worth A Look The ALMOST HUMAN pilot has a whole lot of concept. The show was created by J. H. Wyman, a senior writer/producer on Fringe (the pilot is directed by Brad Anderson, who also directed many Fringe episodes), and the […]
Even as a rerun, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was on top. 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 […]
Updated cable and broadcast telecast chart for last two weeks:
Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last. Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time. NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week. Not shown […]
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 […]
For the most part, Labor Day brought the networks some modest increases. ABC: MISTRESSES may be gaining some momentum at the right time, as its 2d try at 9PM (and penultimate episode of the summer) increased a healthy 0.3 to 1.3. CBS: The Time Warner Cable/CBS settlement (just in time for the start […]