By summer TV standards, there were plenty of well-watched shows on the networks last night.  The bad news:  they were all down. ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS will, we estimate, end up with a 5.8 rating after adjustment to reflect west coast live viewing.  However, that’s 0.7 below Game 3 of last […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.37, THE ROOKIE: FEDS lost 0.03 to 0.24, and WILL TRENT was down 0.05 to 0.20. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership up 0.02 to 0.43, FBI: INTERNATIONAL up a tick to 0.37, and FBI: MOST WANTED down a tick to 0.37. NBC:  Back from […]

>   BENT finds the welcome mat to be more of a trapdoor. NBC:  Even facing a repeat Modern Family on ABC, BENT had a catastrophic 1.0 premiere (down to 0.9 in its 2d half-hour).  See our Pilot + 1 Review.  The network can’t be too surprised by that, since the show was being dumped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.28.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.29.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was down 0.03 to 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR SATURDAY NIGHT was at 1.29.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The usual scattered 0.1 moves, although the notable one was the one that didn’t happen:  although THE VOICE did go up 0.1 as expected, ABOUT A BOY didn’t lose any of its number.  Also up:  MIND GAMES (still pathetically low) and SUPERNATURAL, along with the reruns of THE GOLDBERGS and TROPHY WIFE.  […]

CBS’s second half of the Sunday NFL doubleheader did a terrific 17.0 HH rating in the metered markets (mostly Pittsburgh at Dallas between 4:30 and almost 8:00 pm). NBC’s Sunday Night Football at 8:30 pm averaged a 15.2 HH rating in the 56 metered markets (San Francisco at New England, briefly interrupted by President Obama’s […]

  Something went right for the TONY AWARDS. 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 […]

NOTE: NBC has the early lead in Super Tuesday election coverage, but ABC, CBS and NBC numbers below are all subject to revision because of the unusual broadcast pattern (live to all time zones). 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 […]