AFTERNOON UPDATE: THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games. Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE BACHELOR finale and SCORPION each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while BLINDSPOT and the AFTER THE FINAL ROSE after-show went the same distance in the other direction. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: In the absence of a new LOVE & HIP-HOP, […]
Monday night’s Olympics coverage on NBC scored a solid 10.5 rating with Adults 18-49, just a tenth of a point off Beijing’s pace but well ahead of Athens and Sydney. FOX went with repeats of Hell’s Kitchen Monday, averaging a 1.1 rating and making it the second place broadcast network in the shadow of the Olympics. CBS […]
NETWORK FINALS: The night’s primetime SNL rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT led Saturday cable at 0.33. News took over much of the rest of the list, with CNN’s 11PM SITUATION ROOM at […]
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC: Coming off last week’s season premieres, the line-up was down: STATION 19 by 0.18 to 0.58, GREY’S ANATOMY by 0.13 to 0.64, and BIG SKY by 0.05 to 0.32. CBS: A premiere night, as YOUNG SHELDON stayed steady with last year’s premiere at 0.70, UNITED STATES OF AL dipped 0.09 from […]
Except for Big Brother, the dog days of summer have arrived in a big way. CBS: BIG BROTHER held last week’s 2.5 rating. As usual, THE BIG BANG THEORY towered over the night’s other reruns, this week with a 2.1–a number many sitcoms would be happy to get with a first-run episode. ABC: WIPEOUT got […]
FOX won the night with two hours of The X Factor, a preliminary 3.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-10 pm. This is up one tenth from the 3.4 premiere last Wednesday and could possibly rise to a 3.6 in the official nationals, but FOX had to be hoping for a bigger lift from last week without […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE BACHELORETTE rose 0.18 to 0.89, followed by a rerun CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 0.24. CBS: Reruns at 0.37/0.31/0.31. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.06 to 0.79, and PASSWORD was at 0.47. FOX: The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC HONORS special was at 0.24. CW: LEONARDO lost 0.02 to 0.05, and DEVILS […]