BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A broadcast run of THE 1619 PROJECT was at 0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.20. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.23/0.20/0.20. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.07 to 0.40, and FOOD STARS was up 0.02 to 0.29. CW:  The final season premiere of NANCY DREW was at 0.05, steady with its 2021 premiere.  RIVERDALE jumped 0.04 […]

  Fair results from the night’s newcomers. 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 […]

  THURSDAY BROADCAST:  Because this morning’s numbers were so screwed up, we’ll just start fresh with the broadcast networks. CBS:  BIG BROTHER, after all the adjustments, was up 0.1 to 2.3.  Even after the football effect was removed, the night’s rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY was up half a point to a big 2.1. […]

  There was barely any original programming on the networks for the Friday of Labor Day weekend.  NBC’s DATELINE was up 0.3 from last week to a 1.0 that tied a SHARK TANK rerun as the highest number of the night (DATELINE was also 0.3 ahead of the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun that filled NBC’s […]

  Like the movie box office, the summer TV season is ending with a whimper. CBS:  The network will have to hope that there’s more audience interest in its new shows than the 0.8 rating for its CBS FALL PREVIEW infomercial suggests.  After that, the increasingly nutso UNDER THE DOME fell 0.2 to a new […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FAMILY GUY gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun LITTLE BIG SHOTS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD had its familiar Week 2 tumble, down two-tenths to 1.00, with the premiere of DISPATCHES […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.85.  NBC’s KENTUCKY DERBY coverage was at 2.49, and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was at 0.83.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.20.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NHL PLAYOFFS games were at 0.42/0.30/0.23.  ESPN also had […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL managed to salvage a shred of dignity (for this week, anyway) by gaining 0.1 in adjusted numbers to hit 2.0.  HELL’S KITCHEN also climbed 0.1, as did THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and PARENTHOOD.  Final numbers for the Thursday primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games were 1.0/1.3, with the first game way down […]