BROADCAST FINALS:  The  JANUARY 6 HEARINGS occupied primetime on the Big 3 networks, with ratings of 0.44 on ABC, 0.26 on CBS, and 0.41 on NBC.  On the other networks: FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.12/0.11. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS ticked up to 0.33, AMOR VALIENTE also gained a tick to 0.23, […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

  It’s burn-off season at CBS, where back-to-back episodes of the canceled ME, MYSELF & I and LIVING BIBLICALLY aired at identical 0.2 ratings that won’t change anyone’s minds about their exits.  The rest of the ratings news was all sports, with NBC’s NASCAR race at 0.8, and FOX’s regional baseball coverage at 0.4. DEMOGRAPHIC […]

The NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, began rather quietly Tuesday night with two of “First Four” play-in games.  The 6:30 pm game last night averaged 903,000 persons 2+, somewhat below the 1 million number for the comparable games the last two years, also on TRU TV.  The demographics were also a little below normal for […]

> Potentially good news for Cougar Town fans. ABC:  Cougar Town needs a timeslot, and Tuesday 8:30PM should be opening up any minute now, as 20% of the people who watched WORK IT the first time ran away screaming this week, and the show plunged to a 1.6 rating.  However, that real estate may not […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that in much of the country, the primetime schedules were interrupted by news reports of the Texas school massacre. ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY rose 0.11 to 0.47, and THE CHASE was up 0.05 to 0.32.  A rerun WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was at 0.23. CBS:  The network pulled the scheduled season finale […]

  Although the WINTER OLYMPICS towered over everything else, several of the other networks weren’t suffering. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ZOO and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The IZOMBIE rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK continued to occupy most cable viewers on Tuesday, with 3 of the night’s top 4 shows:  BRIDE OF JAWS at 1.41, TIBURONES at 1.37, and SHARK AFTER DARK at 0.81.  The latter […]