NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE fell 0.2 in final numbers, and the reruns of WILL & GRACE and SUPERSTORE were each down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark took Saturday cable with its latest movie THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE at 0.68.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

Wherever Justin Bieber’s fans are, they’re not watching network television. NBC:  The first part of a 2-night special that’s oh-so-coincidentally airing the same week as its star’s new release, JUSTIN BIEBER:  ALL AROUND THE WORLD could only get to a 0.9 rating in 18-49s.  It didn’t even skew as young as you might think:  under […]

  Maybe everyone was out seeing STAR WARS. 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 […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked down to 0.49, and 20/20 was down 0.02 to 0.34. CBS:  The season finale of UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.02 to 0.31, MAGNUM PI was up 0.02 to 0.40, and BLUE BLOODS ticked up to 0.41. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST rose 0.03 to 0.25, and DATELINE was up 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The post-NFL adjustment gods were kind to CBS, where 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 to 2.7, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY went up 0.3 to 1.9; in addition, the NCIS: LA rerun gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.3, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  On ABC, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD […]

> AKA the season’s final pre-American Idol Wednesday. NBC:   In the absence of the 600-pound gorilla that’s arriving in a week, the new 8-9PM hour did respectably.  WHITNEY‘s 2.1 was slightly higher than where Up All Night had settled in last fall, and ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA built a bit on that to a 2.3, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.88, up 0.21 from last week but down from 1.0 last year.  THE GOOD DOCTOR rose 0.11 to 0.49. CBS:  The latest run of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER was at 0.58, down from last year’s 1.1 (on a Tuesday).  Reruns followed […]