> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos. They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it. So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After a news special at 0.38 and a rerun at 0.28, 20/20 was steady at 0.23. CBS: A news special at 0.21 was followed by GREATEST @HOME VIDEOS at 0.21 and reruns at 0.11/0.12. NBC: A rerun at 0.17 was followed by DATELINE at 0.29. FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN jumped 0.21 to […]
FOX won the first night of summer with a 2.4 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49 for the two-hour premiere of So You Think You Can Dance from 8-10 pm. This is down a disappointing 27% from last summer’s 3.3-rated premiere on the same night. (The decline is certainly not unprecedented given the rough spring on network television.) […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The season premiere of CLAIM TO FAME was at 0.40, up 0.04 from last season’s premiere. The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.35, down a whopping 0.37 from last year. CBS: Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.19/0.17. NBC: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR ticked up to 0.35, THE WALL dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and […]
>FOX narrowly won Thursday night, with CBS back in a close second place, returning with original episodes of its line up after a two week break for college basketball. Lest there be any doubt about ABC’s Missing or NBC’s Awake, both slipped again this week. Stick another fork in the two midseason dramas. […]
NBC does the other networks a favor. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT didn’t air last night in favor of a FEAR FACTOR special, which shot a hole in the network’s ratings for the night. Fear only managed a 1.3, and that pulled AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR down to 1.4, off half a ratings point from its last […]
>CBS had a good night with the NCAA basketball tournament, averaging a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm and beating the 1.5 rating from last year’s comparable night. Credit goes to a thrilling upset by 15th-seed Lehigh over 2nd-seed Duke in the Southern region. CBS’s coverage of the climax of that game […]
CBS won another week with NCAA basketball tournament games throughout the week and a lot of repeats on the other networks. NBC’s The Voice returned to the schedule this week, putting NBC in a virtual three-way tie with ABC and FOX (with only four-hundreths of a rating point separating second from fourth place). Weekly Rating Mar […]