NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THE WALL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.54/0.48/0.44, compared to last week’s 0.61/0.57/0.55, with STRAIGHT UP STEVE […]

> LUCK – Sundays 9PM on HBO starting January 29 – Potential DVR Alert The TV auteur David Milch got rich by co-creating (with Steven Bochco) NYPD Blue, but he’s probably most beloved for creating Deadwood.  Deadwood, while never a giant hit–it ran only 36 episodes on HBO, and never had a proper ending–was a […]

>Although technically BREAKING IN hasn’t yet been canceled (networks and studios hold on to their options until contractually forced to relinquish them), it’s essentially received a notice of execution. The plan had been for Breaking to inherit the Tuesday 9:30PM slot from RAISING HOPE after that show airs its season finale next week, running out […]

  ABC has joined the club of networks issuing pick-up orders, as well as renewing the bubble show SCANDAL for a 2d season. The new shows include 3 dramas and 2 comedies, all from in-house ABC Studios: NASHVILLE has been buzzed as a frontrunner from the start, and the buzz turned out to be right.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for BIG SKY and FBI.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that the TBS STAR WARS listings are for runs of the movies, branded for the annual “May the 4th” day. On […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

>Earlier this month, we looked at the sorry state of broadcast ratings since January.  Since the start of Daylight Saving Time, the outlook hasn’t gotten any better.  Dividing the season to date into thirds, the latest third is still running 7% behind the same period last year for the four broadcast networks collectively.  The 9.6 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 17-18, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, June 18-19, […]