NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE only got bigger with final numbers, increasing by 0.2 to 6.7.  In addition, SURVIVOR gained 0.1, as did MODERN FAMILY and SVU, but NASHVILLE declined the same amount. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK led the night, down 0.17 from last week’s season premiere to 0.87.  The 2d episode of MOONBEAM CITY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES had a football-related adjustment to 2.2, and GOD FRIENDED ME dipped 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the SUPERGIRL episode of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, down 0.9 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  BBCAmerica has renewed its first original scripted drama COPPER for a 2d 13-episode season in 2013.  The network claims a total audience of 1M+ per episode, but that must count multiple airings and other platforms, since its most recent episode had about half a million viewers in its initial airing.  As a period piece, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 1.09, a very big number these days but down four-tenths from the 2021 finale.  Reruns of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY followed at 0.35/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.33. NBC:  The season premiere of YOUNG ROCK was at 0.43, down sharply from the 1.01 series premiere last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’S Big 10 Championship  COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.7, and ABC’s ACC Championship ended up at 1.6.  Both CBS’s reruns of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and CRIMINAL MINDS fell 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CONNERS and the rerun of FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND ticked down to 0.66, and KINGS OF PAIN was up 0.04 to 0.28.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SHARK TANK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.54.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC slipped 0.02 to 0.47.  Fox News’s HANNITY was the #3 […]

Full demo numbers for Sunday’s premiere of  Aaron Sorkin’s opus THE NEWSROOM on HBO won’t be available until tomorrow, but we do know that the initial 9PM telecast was watched by 2.1 million people (with an extra 600,000 watching late-night repeat airings).  As usual with mid-level ratings, they can be cut several ways. The good:  […]