The other notable story of the day was contained in Netflix’s 1st Quarter 2013 financial report, which showed that the company grew by 3 million subscribers during that period (2M in the US and 1M more internationally).  That gives the company 29.2M US streaming subscribers, plus 7.1M overseas.  (DVD subscribers are shrinking, but that’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE was at 0.76, down a tick from last Tuesday and down from 1.3 for its previous finale in 2019. CBS:  FBI dropped 0.09 to 0.59, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked up to 0.53, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down a tick to 0.53. NBC:  THE VOICE […]

A very quiet week on broadcast and cable, as usual for the week featuring Independence Day.  

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led primetime at 0.53, although it was outrated by FOX’s afternoon game at 1.12, ABC’s own afternoon game at 0.87, and by NBC’s new SNL episode at 0.88.  NBC’s primetime BREEDERS CUP coverage was at 0.14.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  For the third consecutive night, all the broadcast networks were beaten by cable in the 10PM hour.  On Monday it was ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, on Tuesday FX won with SONS OF ANARCHY, and last night broadcast was actually in third place, behind 3.2 for DUCK DYNASTY on A&E and 3.0 for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE led the night at 0.96, although that was down from 1.2 for the previous installment in December 2019.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (which will return in January) premiered at 0.63.  QUEENS returned from a week off, up 0.08 to 0.34. CBS:  The line-up aired new episodes […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Naturally the day and night were dominated by ABC’s NFL games (branded as “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” despite the calendar) at 2.65/3.19.  The other networks mostly featured reruns, although CW’s originals returned at 0.09/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, the NFL games were at 1.98/1.81.  Hallmark’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41.  QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS:  SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47.  Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]