THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 28-February 3, 2013), CBS of course dominated with the Super Bowl, achieving a preliminary 9.04 adult 18-49 rating for the week.  This assumes about a 40.6 rating during prime time on Sunday (estimated from the 35.3 non-time-zone-adjusted fast national rating).  Last year, NBC scored a 7.66 rating […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN EVE was at 1.36/2.18/4.09 compared to last year’s 1.58/2.62 (we didn’t have last year’s ratings for the late-night portion). CBS:  NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE was at 0.61/0.90/1.19 compared to last year’s 0.80. NBC:  A TOAST TO 2022 was at 0.42, and MILEY’S NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY was at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 gain for the NASCAR race on FOX. SATURDAY CABLE:  On BBC America, ORPHAN BLACK was up very slightly to 0.25, with follow-up IN THE FLESH barely registering at 0.03.  ESPN dominated the night with a 2.7 for its NBA PLAYOFFS game. SUNDAY CABLE:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the BIG BANG THEORY rerun, while the ORIGINALS rerun lost 0.1.  With quarter-hour numbers available, the value of the VOICE lead-in to THE NIGHT SHIFT is even clearer, as over the course of the latter’s hour, it tumbled 1.9/1.3/1.1/1.1, although it kept its […]

  FRIDAY NETWORK UPDATE:  Some old business first:  Nielsen finally updated its “final” Friday ratings, and as expected, the entire ABC line-up had been seriously screwed up.  The actual finals for the network were 1.0 for BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN, 1.8 for SHARK TANK and 1.2 for 20/20, unchanged from the overnight numbers. SUNDAY […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up was preempted last week for the Oscars, and returned with AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down 0.25 to 0.47, AMERICAN IDOL down 0.13 to 0.59, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP up 0.04 to 0.27.  CBS:  60 MINUTES benefitted from afternoon NCAA TOURNAMENT games at 1.43/2.40/2.64 and rose four-tenths to 0.93.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.36 compared to last week’s 0.51/0.38, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH was steady at 0.16.  ESPN’s NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPER BOWL adjusted to 37.1, 0.6 below the final number for 2016’s game. 24: LEGACY held at 6.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The highlights were few and far between on Super Bowl night, with the top show […]