NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.9.  (CBS’s AAF game held at 0.9).  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun SNL dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Duke vs. Virginia COLLEGE […]

  A new entry in the summer scripted brigade. TBS:  SULLIVAN & SON had a mediocre debut.  The first of its back-to-back episodes kicked off fairly well, just about even with the BIG BANG THEORY rerun that preceded it, both with 1.0 ratings in the demo and 2.5M total viewers (a bit over 50% of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up by 0.2 to a final 1.7.  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage stayed at 0.5.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday night cable winner isn’t actually on the chart below, because Adult Swim’s DRAGON BALL Z is technically a rerun, although the current versions of the episodes haven’t been shown in […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s US OPEN coverage adjusted to 0.7.  In addition, 48 HOURS and the rerun of THE ROOKIE lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, up 0.05 to 0.67.   Adult Swim’s line-up performed […]

  It’s always an advantage for shows to know they’re being renewed as quickly as possible.  With that security in hand, they can shore up their writing staffs before newly-ordered series begin making their picks, start preparation for next season’s production, and in the case of increasingly plot-heavy serialized dramas, begin planning out the story […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The holiday broadcast diet of specials and reruns has set in, which for ABC meant reruns at 0.42/0.24/0.21. CBS:  An installment of THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.61.  The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS was at 0.41, up 0.06 from the (postponed) previous edition that aired last June. NBC:  A […]

  The 9-1-1 spin-off didn’t live up to its parent. 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 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). […]

  NBC was desperate to get Michael J. Fox back on its air, so much so that it ordered 22 episodes of his series before a pilot had even been produced.  But viewers had much less interest in Fox’s return, especially in what turned out to be such a pedestrian vehicle, and the show’s only […]