The broadcast networks continue to finalize their midseason plans, and today CBS and NBC presented some of their decisions. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER will bring its 9 year run to a close with a 1-hour finale on Monday, March 31.  It will be followed that night with a special premiere of the new […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The BARBARA WALTERS 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE special gained 0.1, going out on a high note with 2.2.  In addition, the Celine Dion HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS special picked up 0.1, bringing it to a still-low 0.7, while the IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BELL special was less impressive after it lost 0.1 to 0.5. […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little excitement in the final numbers.  THE VOICE gained 0.1 for a 4.0 total, still substantially below last year’s fall finale.  On CBS, NCIS and PERSON OF INTEREST also both added 0.1, and a couple of the night’s reruns likewise fluctuated by a single tenth. TUESDAY CABLE:  A quiet night on cable […]

  SHOWTIME:  The season finale of HOMELAND climbed by 300K total viewers and 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 2.4M/0.9.   The MASTERS OF SEX finale was more subdued, holding even at 1.2M total viewers but declining 0.4 in the demo to 0.4. USA:  The 2-hour PSYCH musical special did nicely, above its most recent regular episode […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The only ratings adjustments were due to local football coverage in Detroit and Cincinnati.  On NBC, THE VOICE held onto its 3.3, but THE SING-OFF dropped 0.2 to 2.0, while at ABC, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT lost 0.2 to a painful 1.0. MONDAY CABLE:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (ESPN) was of course […]

  With a few scattered exceptions, over the next couple of days the broadcast networks will shut down their regular series for breaks that will range from 2 to 12 weeks, for all intents and purposes ending the “fall” part of the 2013-14 TV season. Let’s see where we are: Season to Date Averages Weeks […]

  Preliminary numbers from last night’s season finale have HOMELAND setting a new series record with 2.4M total viewers for its initial airing (an additional 500K tuned in for the re-broadcast later in the evening).  Whatever the qualms have been over this season’s creative direction, its viewership has been very solid. MASTERS OF SEX has […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   College Football Week 16 4.2 rating CBS 3:00 Army vs Navy 2.7 rating ESPN 8:00 […]