> The final Thursday of November sweeps wasn’t impressive for anyone. ABC:  The network had to be disappointed with the 2.5 earned by its 2-hour, much-promoted “intervention” episode of PRIVATE PRACTICE, which was down not only from Grey’s Anatomy numbers but even from Practice‘s 2.8 last week.  (It was, however, a strong episode, especially the […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning tomorrow, and for the next 2 weeks, charts will be posted as usual, but text and responses to comments will be spotty and delayed for travel reasons. NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and the rerun of MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  None of the newcomers were impressive. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Another night of reruns, with these results:  ABC 0.14-0.33, CBS 0.22-0.41, NBC 0.24-0.27, FOX 0.38/0.17, CW 0.10.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games owned the night, led by the primetime PEACH BOWL at 1.80 and other games at 1.23/0.86/0.58.  Cable news was led […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A quasi-staged BEAUTY & THE BEAST was at 0.79, which is a big number these days, but dwarfed by the 2.6 that THE LITTLE MERMAID earned in 2019.  THE PARENT TEST followed at 0.40. CBS:  A 1-hour GHOSTS was at 0.59, up 0.03 from last week’s half-hour.  SO HELP ME TODD […]

The Republican miniseries ends.  Also, last night’s preliminary numbers are more preliminary than usual, because preseason NFL football made for lots of local preemptions. NBC:  An odd evening.  Again, numbers may be skewed by local football, but it appears that facing original scripted competition for the first time all summer was a good thing for […]

> j It’s taken this long for full ratings to be released from yesterday, mostly because of FOX’s baseball coverage.  And as Mitch Metcalf just reported, tonight is going to be a disaster for FOX as well, with a rain delay in what was supposed to be an afternoon game likely meaning the evening’s scheduled […]

  BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.55, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rose 0.04 to 0.57, THE CHASE dropped 0.13 to 0.47, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down a tenth to 0.37. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.07 to 0.99.  It was preceded by a rerun 60 MINUTES at 0.70, and […]