Coal in the networks’ stockings. 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). Ratings analysis follows the […]

  Last night was Battle of the Canceled Shows. CBS:  Even though UNDERCOVER BOSS was up a robust 0.4 to 1.6 as a lead-in, the last episode of VEGAS only managed to hold even at 0.9.  The season finale of BLUE BLOODS was down 0.2 to 1.1. FOX:  The season finale of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES, even […]

  It was a bad night on the networks to be anything but sports.  Note:  the football and baseball numbers below are adjusted to estimate where the final numbers will be after western time zones are taken into account tomorrow. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME proved once and for all that Disney doesn’t interfere with […]

No one welcomes back Gossip Girl. NBC:  Although REVOLUTION slipped slightly to 3.1, at this point it’s fair to call the show a substantial hit, the first scripted one NBC has had since… well, since The Office.  Undoubtedly, of course, it’s been greatly helped by its THE VOICE lead-in, also up slightly last night to […]

The Voice increases its dominance. NBC:  THE VOICE inched up to match its Spring cycle Tuesday high of 4.5, and with CBS in reruns, it more than doubled its nearest competition.  However, that did absolutely nothing for READY FOR LOVE, which fell to 1.3, down 0.2 from its premiere and less than one-third of its […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  TROPHY WIFE became even more disastrous in final numbers, falling to a 1.1, which makes it one of the lowest-rated in-season, non-Friday series ever to get a back order.  It’s hard to imagine ABC keeping it where it is for the remainder of the season.  The only other afternoon change was a […]

Another night on broadcast TV with nothing even managing a 2 rating. FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE won the night for FOX, even though it was down 10% from last week to a 1.8. CBS:  BIG BROTHER shared the single biggest number of the night with a 1.9, but that was down a […]

  As its scandal fades, some viewers may be departing Big Brother. CBS:  After the all-publicity-is-good-publicity rise that BIG BROTHER got from widespread media attention to the horrifically bigoted remarks of some of its participants, the spotlight has gotten dimmer, and perhaps as a consequence, last night’s episode was down 0.3 from last week to […]