An early look at the partial-week program rankings for broadcast and cable.
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. US & THEM: Midseason TBD on FOX – Potential DVR Alert FOX’S midseason rom-com US & THEM features two of TV’s most huggable stars in Jason Ritter (recently of Parenthood–let’s all try to forget The Event) and Alexis Bledel (once and forever Rory […]
Summer Wednesdays approach their end pretty much in place. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was up a tick from last week’s low to 2.2 (the 8PM clip show stayed at 1.3). CAMP is currently even with last week’s low 0.9, but it began at 10:01PM, so that could change in final numbers. FOX: The 9PM […]
SATURDAY AMC: HELL ON WHEELS held well in total viewers at 2M, but they got a lot older, as the show’s 18-49 rating fell from 0.5 to 0.3. That makes almost 80% of its viewers over 50, not exactly the most advertiser friendly audience. Still, if these numbers can hold, the show is still […]
Univision topped all but one English-language network last night. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT won the night, but it only tied last week’s Tuesday low 2.2. ABC: EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS was down 0.2 for the night to 1.1. FOX: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up slightly to 1.2. CBS: Reruns, highlighted by a […]
Monday ratings last night, last year and last week:
At this late point in the network summer, it wouldn’t make sense to expect much change from the norm. ABC: The move of MISTRESSES to 9PM had only mild effect, as the show climbed 0.1 to 1.0. That was below the 1.1 for the rerun SHARK TANK that preceded it. NBC: With less competition […]
MTV’s Video Music Awards took the top spot of the week, pushing Duck Dynasty into second place. AMC’s Breaking Bad ticked up one tenth from last week. Although it aired directly against the top-rated VMAs, there was very little overlap between those two audiences. Also, Breaking Bad did not have to face HBO’s True Blood. Nevertheless, Newsroom […]