Apparently Sunday is a better night for romance. ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE benefited from having its season finale moved from Monday night to Sunday, scoring a 3.0 that was up from last year’s (Monday) finale by 0.3, and probably becoming the first network series in quite a while to beat True Blood.  The post-show AFTER THE […]

  Republicans ♥ NBC? NBC:  Somewhat ironically, considering the Right’s loathing of MSNBC, preliminary numbers have the Peacock as the GOP network of choice for last night’s coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, with a 1.3, more than the CBS and ABC numbers combined.  The rating may be somewhat attributable to the 2.4 earned in […]

NBC Monday inched up a tenth of a rating point from the last two weeks — a very solid night top to bottom.  CBS appears to have had a good night (the best Monday in three weeks), but that 2.8 rating is probably inflated by at least two tenths of a rating point because of […]

NBC upended last night with a Voice episode displaced by the Election Night coverage, powering NBC to a winning 3.2 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm and pushing Chicago Fire to a season high.  ABC appears to be back on track after last Wednesday’s Halloween-depressed ratings, while FOX was unable to shake off the Halloween blues (The Voice once again […]

Lingerie beats larynxes. CBS:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, while down almost a ratings point from last year’s installment, still scored as the highest-rated show of the night (doubling recent numbers for Vegas in the hour), its rating more than those of ABC and NBC combined.  Earlier in the evening, the 48-year old RUDOLPH THE […]

This past sports weekend was all about the Wild Card playoffs: four games arranged by the NFL in ascending order of audience appeal.  Sure enough, as the weekend progressed, the ratings steadily increased with each passing game.  The first game between the Bengals and Texans Saturday at 4:30 (16.2 HH rating in the 56 large markets with […]

8PM comes alive. CBS:  The network just closed its deal to bring back HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER for a 9th and final season, and after last night, the only part it may be regretting is “final,” as HIMYM (with a highly-promoted “Robin Sparkle” episode) was the highest rated show on any network with 4.0.  […]

          Now where were we…   BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:  As we noted in this morning’s post, we’ll be posting broadcast ratings on the basis of finals rather than preliminary morning numbers.  Starting with the Monday ratings (which we should have tomorrow afternoon), we’ll be able to provide comparisons with the previous week.  […]