BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.02 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.05 to 0.41, and FATAL FLAW ticked up to 0.24. CBS:  After reruns at 0.32/0.30, BIG BROTHER was at 0.71, followed by a rerun at 0.23. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.28/0.23. FOX:  Reruns at 0.04/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS lost 0.0 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP on ABC, and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT on NBC (but not THE NIGHT SHIFT) gained 0.1 in final Tuesday numbers.  FAMOUS IN 12 got uglier, falling 0.1 to 0.2. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) climbed 0.1 to 1.2.  THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN) declined […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.44, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.03 to 0.57, THE $100,000 PYRAMID slipped 0.02 to 0.44, and THE FINAL STRAW was steady at 0.29. CBS:  BIG BROTHER jumped a tenth to 0.91.  The rest of the line-up had reruns at 0.42/0.22/0.23. NBC:  WHO DO […]

  NBC:  The network’s numbers were up, but still nothing to boast about.  (And are shaky to boot, thanks to a baseball preemption in San Francisco.)  DATELINE climbed 0.2 to 1.2, and CROSSBONES is currently up 0.2 to a still-dreadful 0.6. ABC:  ABC was the only network to air non-fireworks original programming on July 4th, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of PRESS YOUR LUCK was steady at 0.43, and the season finale of GENERATION GAP gained 0.02 to 0.32.  An episode of TRUTH & LIES was at 0.21. CBS:  After reruns at 0.29/0.23, BIG BROTHER was up 0.03 to 0.70, followed by another rerun at 0.20. NBC:  Reruns […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On another heavy COLLEGE FOOTBALL day, ABC’s primetime game was at 0.74, NBC’s was at 0.42, and FOX’s was at 0.78, although CBS had the prize with its afternoon game at 2.88.  NBC’s SNL was down 0.07 to 0.66.  CW’s QUEEN ELIZABETH:  THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CROWN special was at 0.06.   […]

Saturday preliminary broadcast ratings in prime, including two college football games (#7-Michigan State at #3-Oregon on FOX from 6:30-10:00 and Michigan at #16-Notre Dame on NBC from 7:30-11:00 pm ET). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a pre-emption week, THE CONNERS gained 0.06 to 0.56, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY dipped 0.04 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.07 to 0.34.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.70, and THE AMAZING RACE was up 0.03 to […]