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:  The highest-rated broadcasts of the day were CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT Round 2 games at 1.26/2.36/2.48/1.71.  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.20.  FOX’s WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC coverage was at 0.67.  On CW, the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION held at 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GRAND HOTEL lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with GIRLS CRUISE steady at 0.41, and the premiere of LOVE & LISTINGS at 0.33.  USA’s WWE […]

  Even at HBO, someone has to watch your show.  The network announced today that ENLIGHTENED won’t be returning for a third season.  The Mike White/Laura Dern dramedy earned its share of praise, but its Season 2 finale was watched by 200,000 people–and that’s not 18-49s, that’s the total number of people in America who […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  Either something very good happened at CW last night, or there were local preemptions that will lead to adjustments on Monday. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 increases for THE BIG BANG THEORY and the 2 1/2 MEN finale in final numbers.  THE ODD COUPLE stayed where it was, but it was very steady throughout its half-hour (up 0.1 at 8:45PM), which is a promising sign.  In addition, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER […]

  The backlash to the Newsroom backlash backlash doesn’t seem to be hurting the show at all. HBO:  That sound you hear from the HBO boardroom is a sigh of relief:  THE NEWSROOM may or may not turn out to be Smash in terms of quality, but it’s definitely not Luck in the ratings.  In […]