Last night, the hills were, without a doubt, alive. NBC:  What’s on the drawing board this morning at NBC?  Hello, Dolly with Miley Cyrus?  Kanye West in Fiddler On the Roof?  Katy Perry as Mame?  Sweeney Todd with Eminem and Taylor Swift as the serial-killing cannibals?  (Actually, that one…)  In what has to be […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked up to 0.56, and THE PARENT TEST was down 0.03 to 0.32.  A JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.32/0.24/0.24. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER franchise included the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, SVU up 0.05 to 0.67, and ORGANIZED CRIME up […]

  Another newcomer bites the dust. FOX:  ENLISTED showed no signs of life in is premiere with 0.7, slightly behind the 0.8 for its lead-in RAISING HOPE, and the question will be whether FOX is content to leave that hour at a sub-1 level.  BONES was at 1.5, down 0.2 from its last new episode […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  The broadcast presentation of the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS on CBS was at 0.16.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned at 0.71.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.32.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.03.   Broadcast Official […]

  The Olympics pushed American Idol below a milestone. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details about the ratings track for the WINTER OLYMPICS.  Last night’s preliminary 5.9 was up 0.3 from Wednesday, but below the comparable night at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 games, and only the Opening Ceremony and Tuesday’s telecast are […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 0.63, steady with last week but down an ugly 0.46 from the 2022 finale (which was down 0.40 from 2021). CBS:  A YOUNG & THE RESTLESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.27, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.04 to […]

  UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.0/1.3.  HART OF DIXIE lost 0.1 in final numbers, lessening its chances of survival.  SHARK TANK and 20/20 went up 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT primetime game on TNT (Providence/North Carolina) outrated its broadcast competition (Wichita State/Cal Poly) with 1.2.  Other NCAA games on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The simulcast of Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT added up to a 1.38 rating with adults 18-49 and 5.239 million persons 2+ L+SD in an average minute of primetime (on ABC, ESPN2 and NFL Network).  On ABC, the 0.57 was up 0.12 from Night 2 in 2022. CBS:  Reruns at […]