Has American Idol finally leveled out? FOX:  After 3 weeks of consecutive drops that brought the show down 0.7 from a month ago, AMERICAN IDOL was up a tick last night to 3.2.  That’s still a full point below its season average, and just over half its season high, but it may be the […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday June 15, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  With May sweeps/Upfront week ratings like last night’s, you have to feel sorry for the network Ad Sales departments. FOX:  A night of premieres and finales caused no excitement.  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE premiered with a 1.9, down half a point from last year’s debut.  The season finales of NEW GIRL and […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

It’s not that no one was watching television last night:  Discovery’s SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA delivered 13M viewers during his actual Grand Canyon walk.  What viewers weren’t watching was broadcast TV, as the networks combined for a 3.6 adult 18-49 rating, 6% below last year’s results for the parallel night NBC:  The international co-production CROSSING […]

BROADCAST FINALS; ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.38, followed by episodes of THE HUSTLER at 0.30/0.28, up from last week’s 0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.13 to 0.81, followed by the special KENNY ROGERS: THE GAMBLER at 0.30.  A BULL rerun was at 0.16. NBC:  The 2-hour season premiere of SVU was at 0.79, […]

  Perhaps the networks should consider combining Monday’s two successful shows for a dating series that takes place under a giant glass–wait, that’s what reality television is already. CBS:  One of the largest-scale episodes of UNDER THE DOME since the pilot stayed essentially steady, down 0.1 to 2.7 and the highest-rated show of the night.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.06 to 0.71, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS:  Reruns at 0.48/0.38/0.29/0.26. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.09 to 0.85, but ORDINARY JOE was down 0.06 to 0.31. FOX:  With THE MASKED SINGER preempted by the World Series on […]