BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.35, down 0.02 from the last new episode, and down a tenth from last season’s finale.  20/20 dropped 0.09 to 0.19. CBS:  On season finale night, SWAT was at 0.35 (down a tick from last week, and up 0.03 from last season’s finale […]

> A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011.  Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down over time.  We’ll be updating the numbers after we see full pilots and also as we get a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY returned at 0.33.  The belated season premiere of THE WONDER YEARS was at 0.22/0.18, compared to 0.67 for the show’s series premiere in September 2021.  SUPERSTAR was at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.24/0.21/0.20/0.12. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.19/0.20/0.23. FOX:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.03 to 0.42, and FOOD STARS was down […]

>American Idol resumed its downward drift (after a brief uptick last week) and Touch set a new low, but FOX still won the night with CBS in repeats and ABC and NBC in originals.                    Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     FOX    NBC    CBS    […]

>Many Sunday shows were down from recent weeks last night, with much of the decline attributable to the shift to Daylight Saving Time over the weekend (particularly in the early part of prime time).  However, the drop in Celebrity Apprentice (much later on the night) is hard to blame on the time change, and it […]

  The first night of 2014 was the last of the network holiday blahs. CBS:  The Eye’s reruns scored better than anyone else’s, sparked by 1.3 for CRIMINAL MINDS. ABC:  CBS took the night, but MODERN FAMILY was the evening’s highest rated rerun at 1.5. NBC:  SVU was on top with 1.0. FOX:  For the […]

>American Idol still guided FOX to a Wednesday win, but wow is the show in a tailspin.  Are they letting too many untalented singers through?  Jim Carrey’s daughter the other night — really?  Is the format simply tired?  In any case, it still won the 8 pm hour handily and helped successfully launch the new […]

>December 15 is traditionally around the last night there is any significant number of original episodes on the broadcast networks’ schedules and also the date when television usage starts to drop dramatically until bottoming out on Christmas Eve (which battles the night of July 4 as the least watched night of television of the year). […]