The night’s new shows still aren’t catching on. ABC:  BACK TO THE GAME was given a particularly strong lead-in with a TOY STORY OF TERROR special that had a 3.0, up 0.8 from last week’s The Middle.  Still, it could only hold even at 1.8.  A very good episode of MODERN FAMILY was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8:30PM rerun of BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s SHARKNADO reign may be done.  The latest title in the series scored 0.33, down 0.24 from 2017 (when it faced GAME OF THRONES), […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage lost 0.1 to 0.6 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s NASCAR coverage took the night at 0.63, beating the last evening of SHARK WEEK on Discovery.  The latter earned 0.58 for the first run of SHARK TREK, 0.56 for SHARKSANITY: THE RETURN and 0.46 for […]

  A solid finale for LINCOLN RHYME. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follows […]

A newsmagazine took the crown on a mostly down night. NBC:  There must have been some reason why DATELINE zoomed 0.6 from last week, increasing its rating by more than 50% and topping the night with a 1.7.  Whatever it was, the show should consider trying it again.  The evening started with a decent 1.5 […]

  BH90210 continued downward. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follow the […]

  MAN WITH A PLAN made a solid return to CBS. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]

  There was moderate interest in an hour about current events. 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 […]