Hannibal‘s appetite wasn’t as strong last night. FOX:  After a slight surge last week, AMERICAN IDOL was back down to 2.9, a 0.3 drop and just slightly above its series low.  (And to add insult to injury, it’s behind a rerun Big Bang Theory on CBS.)  However, it may make up some of that […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE dropped 0.09 to 0.49, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.04 to 0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.24/0.21/0.22. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.61, and QUANTUM LEAP held at 0.33. FOX:  Reruns at 0.33/0.23. CW:  Reruns at 0.11/0.08. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON fell 0.07 to 0.17, REINA DEL SUR lost […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked down to 0.45, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.35. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.21, followed by reruns at 0.21/0.26. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST dropped 0.04 to 0.22, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.31. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.06 to 0.40. CW:  CHARMED ticked up […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  PARKS & RECREATION has been badly in need of a boost, and airing behind COMMUNITY may have supplied it, as an extra 0.1 in final numbers gave it a 1.5, which may not look like much but is up 50% from its last airing.  It was the highest rated show on NBC […]

  Note the errors on the charts below:  ABC aired a 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL rather than SHARK TANK, and BOB’S BURGERS was a rerun. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 5.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.06/1.03/1.00, compared to last week’s 1.10/1.07/1.04.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.79/0.57, compared to 0.78/0.56.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.78/0.61, compared to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the night’s SHARK TANK rerun.  There was an 0.1 dip for one of the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery owned Friday cable, with […]

  Except for football and a football-adjacent show, no network programming on Sunday night even hit a 2 rating. ABC:  As it heads towards its midseason climax, ONCE UPON A TIME tied its series low 1.9.  The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie CHRISTMAS IN CONWAY scored a terrible 1.1, although it was somewhat less awful […]