BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 slipped 0.02 to 0.50, GREY’S ANATOMY was steady at 0.42, and ALASKA DAILY was up 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  The first primetime broadcast games of the NCAA TOURNAMENT were at 0.80/0.88, compared with last year’s 1.35/0.83. NBC:  Reruns at 0.3/0.28/0.25. FOX:  NEXT LEVEL CHEF edged up 0.02 to 0.37, […]

  Not even the start of a new season can wring much excitement from Fridays anymore. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 […]

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 […]

  A trio of quiet season finales. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 chart. […]

You say you want a Revolution. NBC:  REVOLUTION, coming off its best episode thus far, leaped up 0.4 from last week to 3.4, making it by a substantial margin the biggest 10PM hit on broadcast TV.  Its lead-in from THE VOICE was steady at 4.8, and the Revolution number was even more impressive because it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The highest-rated broadcasts of the day were CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT Round 2 games at 1.26/2.36/2.48/1.71.  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.20.  FOX’s WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC coverage was at 0.67.  On CW, the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION held at 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  Halloween is traditionally not a great night for network TV, especially on the younger-skewing side, brecause viewers have other plans.  Last night was no exception. ABC:  With all the promos for NASHVILLE, THE CMA AWARDS and MALIBU COUNTRY that aired last night, viewers could be forgiven for wondering if they’d mistakenly tuned in to TNN.  It didn’t benefit Nashville any, […]

  SCANDAL had a solid exit. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 and comparisons follow the […]