> It’s not an exaggeration to say that many people probably had to check their cable and satellite listings just to find out where their local PBS station was, once it became clear that the first season of what’s now called Masterpiece Classic’s miniseries DOWNTON ABBEY was not to be missed.  Now, after a year-long […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.0 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the reruns of THE GOOD DOCTOR and THE FOUR each dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon NFL PLAYOFFS game (which it shared with ABC) took the […]

>At ShowBuzzDaily we focus mainly on ratings for Adults 18-49, the demographic advertisers are most interested in buying.  But inside that broad group are many important sub-groups, usually broken up into women and men, younger and older (18-34 versus 35-49).  These subgroups (along with the older 50+ category) determine how successful a show will be.  […]

>Another Sunday without a network averaging over a 2 rating.  Amazing Race continues to shine for CBS, but NYC 22 is slipping away quickly in its second telecast.  ABC’s Once Upon a Time remains the top-rated show of the night, but the benefit of those rating points were wasted on a Hallmark Hall of Fame […]

  Preliminary broadcast network ratings for Night 1 of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION were roughly the same as last week’s Democratic Convention, and at 0.3/0.2/0.3 were similarly down from 2016 (0.7/0.5/1.1).  For more detail, see Mitch Metcalf’s Convention Ratings Analysis post, which will be updated this afternoon with cable numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

        NETWORK FINALS: DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and FRESH OFF THE BOAT lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to 0.69, and the clip show lead-in was at 0.39.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH returned at […]

  With SHARK TANK in reruns, nothing on network TV topped a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

  For any comedy developed at CBS, the grand prize of pilot season is the slot behind THE BIG BANG THEORY on Thursday night.  That prize went this year to Greg Garcia’s THE MILLERS.  It’s an unusual multi-camera comedy for Garcia, with a first-rate cast that includes Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, Beau Bridges and J.B. […]