NBC:  DATELINE was the highest rated show of the night, steady at 1.1. ABC:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO gained 0.2 to 1.0, and 20/20 was up 0.1 to 0.9, both in line with the 0.9 SHARK TANK rerun that began the night. CW:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION edged up 0.1 to 0.3, the same result […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In final numbers, SUPER BOWL XLVIII had a 39.3 rating in 18-49s, just slightly below last year’s 39.7 (the latter number excludes the game’s blackout period).  However, in total viewers this was the most-watched Super Bowl–in fact, the most watched network show–ever, with FOX reporting 111.5M sets of eyeballs.  (UPDATED UPDATE:  FOX […]

  Last night’s live Supreme Court announcement may lead to some adjustments this afternoon. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.28/0.27. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 1.09/1.23. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ dipped 0.03 to 0.20, GRAND CREW ticked down to 0.13, and DATELINE was down 0.07 to 0.21. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN lost a tick to 0.58. CW:  The new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY ticked down […]

  Due to last night’s Presidential Address, original programming was limited to the 8PM hour. 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 […]

  An extra hour of THE VOICE pulverized much of the competition. NBC:  THE VOICE, extended for an extra Tuesday hour, dominated the night with 4.6 (up 0.3 from last week’s 1-hour episode) and provided a huge lead-in for the network’s Hurricane Sandy news special at 10PM, which easily won its hour at 2.9. FOX:  The early […]

Sunday ratings for last night with comparisons to same night last year and last week.  The ratings are unadjusted fast nationals.  The Sunday Night Football Game will go up to about a 7.8 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals after the time zones are counted properly, but it will still be a relatively soft […]

No good news for anyone last night. ABC:  It was never clear why ABC renewed BODY OF PROOF, which had marginal ratings last season (reportedly foreign sales played a part, as the network’s in-house studio produces the show), but last night’s season premiere certainly didn’t justify the decision.  Despite very little competition on the other […]