FRIDAY STARZ:  DA VINCI’S DEMONS stayed at an 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demo, and had a very slight increase among older viewers to give it 420K.  With such a serialized storyline, it seems unlikely to move much higher for the remainder of the season. SATURDAY BBCAMERICA:  It’s a shame that ORPHAN BLACK is […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Tuesday edition of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.66, down 0.03 from Monday.  It was followed by a NIGHT IN THE ACADEMY MUSEUM special at 0.28. CBS:  FBI rose 0.11 to 0.70, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.05 to 0.58, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up a tenth to 0.63. NBC:  […]

Updated cable and broadcast telecast chart for last two weeks:

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led primetime at 0.70, but afternoon games at 1.17 (ABC)/0.90 (FOX) were higher.  NBC’s SNL was up 0.09 to 0.97.  CW’s originals were at 0.10/0.09.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games led the cable day at 0.98/0.57/0.44, with games on […]

  AMC:  Although still massive, THE WALKING DEAD has been consistently falling, down another 0.3 this week to 5.7 (plus another 1.0 from the 11PM re-airing).  It’ll be interesting to see how the fall finale scores on Sunday (last year’s had a 5.4, even with the week that preceded it).  TALKING DEAD was also down, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE returned to Tuesday, up 0.04 to 0.69.  QUEENS fell a tenth from last week to 0.24. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.13 to 0.75, and FBI: MOST WANTED (airing in the 9PM slot) jumped 0.19 to 0.69, followed by a rerun at 0.37. NBC:  The network again aired preview episodes of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Unsurprisingly, the day was dominated by the NFL PLAYOFFS, with CBS’s game at 7.03 and NBC’s at 7.05.  The first new SNL of 2022 was at 1.02.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.34/0.14/0.12/0.09, and UFC FIGHT […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE:  Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,869,000 last year, 5,366,000 in 2012, 4,927,000 in 2011, 4,134,000 in 2010, 4,290,00 in 2009, and 2,529,00 in 2008.  […]