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 […]

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a […]

  An extra hour of THE VOICE pulverized much of the competition. NBC:  THE VOICE, extended for an extra Tuesday hour, dominated the night with 4.6 (up 0.3 from last week’s 1-hour episode) and provided a huge lead-in for the network’s Hurricane Sandy news special at 10PM, which easily won its hour at 2.9. FOX:  The early […]

>NBC had a terrific Monday after the Super Bowl, taking full advantage of the most-watched program in TV history to establish The Voice on its new night and deliver a solid opening for Smash.  However, there was significant tune-out over the course of the new Broadway drama, suggesting the audience for the show might settle […]

  HART OF DIXIE departed without much notice. 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 analysis and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local sports preemptions probably caused the across-the-board drops at CW, where the shows were respectively down 0.1/0.2/0.1.  In addition, the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an extra 0.1 for THE SIMPSONS and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS in final numbers.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, 0.6 higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): That 7.1 wasn’t enough to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMERGENCY CALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN didn’t have to share MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with ABC this week, so ESPN-to-ESPN, the rating was up a huge 1.90 to 4.60, although the games were only […]