NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun 20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although drastically down from the games that aired the night before, ESPN’s MLB BASEBALL tripleheader was still strong at 0.36/0.31/0.27.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES gained […]

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 adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

ABC won the final Sunday of the May Sweep with the Billboard Music Awards and very little competition from the other networks.  The FOX animated comedies ended their seasons at or near their respective lows, while NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice ended its season with a steep year-to-year decline and CBS programmed this final Sunday as it usually does (with a […]

> CBS aired a schedule of repeats last night, potentially throwing some viewers up in the air to sample reality on ABC and NBC.  In fact, The Voice and especially Dancing with the Stars were down from last week.  And certainly no viewers rushed to check out Alcatraz on its final night.  Two final episodes […]

>ABC premiered the “comedy” Work It, and America did not turn out for it.  CBS went back to basics and brought back its regular Tuesday schedule (all in originals), winning the night unlike the same night last year, when it let Paula Abdul mess up its powerhouse Tuesday schedule.  NBC also went with originals of […]

>Last night, three networks were up over the same night last year (with two networks up very significantly).  NBC was up 48% over last year, from a third-place tie 0.9 to a second-place tie 1.3 rating.  Chuck (0.9) was up two tenths from School Pride at 8 pm on this night last year, while Grimm […]

>ABC premiered Once Upon a Time last night with great success, a 3.9 Adult 18-49 rating, building impressively off a 1.5 rating lead-in from America’s Funniest Home Videos.  Viewers liked what they saw in the pilot as audience built throughout the show: 8:00-8:30 (3.8 rating) and 8:30-9:00 (4.0).  The fairy tale-dual universe drama was also […]

> It was the last Monday before things get interesting. FOX:  The network won the night, although the 2.8 for HOUSE and especially the 2.7 for ALCATRAZ were far from impressive, considering that CBS was in repeats and NBC will be ramping up the competition level enormously next week. February will tell the tale on […]