BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.05 to 0.47, THE $100,000 PYRAMID lost 0.04 to 0.46, and SUPERSTAR was up 0.04 to 0.34. CBS:  BIG BROTHER climbed 0.05 to 0.95, HOUSE CALLS ticked up to 0.28, and a special 48 HOURS was at 0.26. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT shed a tick to 0.68, […]

Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:  Three of the night’s shows returned with their first fresh episodes in a month, and as is increasingly the case, the long […]

  BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.55, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rose 0.04 to 0.57, THE CHASE dropped 0.13 to 0.47, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down a tenth to 0.37. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.07 to 0.99.  It was preceded by a rerun 60 MINUTES at 0.70, and […]

  So much for the excitement of May Sweeps.  The NFL Draft on ESPN may not have helped, but an alarming number of network shows last night hit season and even all-time series lows. FOX:  Oh, how AMERICAN IDOL‘s fortunes have tumbled.  Last night it hit an all-time low 2.7, down 0.3 from last week […]

      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: Thursday June 3, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  NBC will win the week ending Sunday with a 1.42 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, identical to last week’s rating and only 4% below the same week last year.  Although The Voice is getting […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Returning from a week off, HOLEY MOLEY held at 0.37, WHEN NATURE CALLS was steady at 0.20, and THE HUSTLER dropped 0.08 to 0.19. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.05 to 0.87, followed by a promo special for the fall season at 0.22, and reruns at 0.17/0.12. NBC:  The NFL season officially […]

  Some viewers spent the night at Camp… but see below. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  on the surface, a fairly good debut for Camp at 10PM last night (a time period-winning 1.5 rating with adults 18-49).  However, please note that NBC peaked with a 2.9 rating at 9:30 for the second half of the AMERICA’S GOT […]