BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.39. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION gained 0.04 to 0.32, and GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS ticked down to 0.26, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.17. NBC:  An AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.26, followed by DATELINE at 0.31. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN edged up 0.02 to 0.59. CW:  BURDEN […]

  May Sweeps didn’t begin with a (big) BANG. 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 […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text for the morning prelims, a bit more detail on the final numbers. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME and the […]

> FOX has announced the specifics of its midseason schedule, with no surprises (you don’t need surprises when you’re cruising in 1st place, with your unstoppable biggest gun on the way).  Below are the shows and dates: Mondays 9PM (1/16-3/12):  ALCATRAZ, launching with a 2-hour debut Mondays 9PM (starting 3/19):  TOUCH – This will have […]

  It was a good night for both broadcast and cable last night. With the benefit of a huge football overrun that lasted until the very last moment before the awards were set to begin, the EMMY AWARDS had a 4.9 rating in 18-49s, more than a full point higher than last year’s 3.8 in […]

The broadcast networks barely cracked a 1 rating each last night, while the most attention was probably paid to FX’s new night of comedy featuring the premieres of Charlie Sheen in Anger Management and Russell Brand’s new latenight show.  Ratings for those and other cable shows will be available later today. CBS (with its all-repeat lineup) […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

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). ###