NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, due to football adjustments we’ll take a look at the final ratings for last night: ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY (0.5), FAMILY FOOD FIGHT (0.3) and REEF BREAK (0.2) were steady with last week’s finals. CBS:  BIG BROTHER (1.0) and the series finale of ELEMENTARY (0.4) […]

Talent and cooking, cooking and talent–what network audiences want this summer. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant show of the evening with a 3.2.  The rest of the schedule was below a 2 (1.9 for more US OLYMPIC TRIALS, 1.6 for LOVE IN THE WILD), but it was enough for a tie to win […]

>FOX narrowly won Thursday night, with CBS back in a close second place, returning with original episodes of its line up after a two week break for college basketball.  Lest there be any doubt about ABC’s Missing or NBC’s Awake, both slipped again this week.  Stick another fork in the two midseason dramas.     […]

The new fall schedules have been announced by the broadcast networks and the new series have been picked up, so it’s time to reveal the SHOWBUZZDAILY FALL RATINGS ESTIMATES for the upcoming television season.  Today we begin a week-long series examining the audience potential for each network night-by-night, and the trends versus last year.  Like the Nielsen […]

  In the worst possible way, there’s no longer any doubt about DOUBT. 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 […]

  A mostly subdued night. 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:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was entirely dominated by news, and and is often the case when the story is of general interest, CNN was on top with CNN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The LABOR OF LOVE rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD dominated Saturday cable, down 0.03 to 0.54.  (Note that HBO, as it often does, listed the network premiere of the theatrical movie […]