Not all season finales are created equal. NBC:  THE OFFICE and PARKS & RECREATION aired their season finales last night to no viewer excitement whatsoever:  Office was slightly down from the previous week to 2.2 (0.1 above its all-time low), and Parks was an even 1.7.  The newly-renewed COMMUNITY and 30 ROCK were respectively at […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a little solace for the networks in some of the adjusted numbers.  NBC, CBS and ABC all went up at 8PM, and while NCIS and THE VOICE had 0.1 hikes, AGENTS OF SHIELD climbed 0.2–although that still left it down 0.1 from its previous episode.  (THE ORIGINALS rerun dropped 0.1.)  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD and MAGNUM PI gained 0.1 in final numbers, while BULL lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.93/0.91/0.90, compared to last week’s 0.91/0.80/0.68.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP rose 0.06 to 0.74, […]

> Everyone was down, as the new season started to settle in on itself–but some were down more than others. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY is doing quite spectacularly, more than 20% above last season’s average.  The results in other timeslots were more mixed.  SUBURGATORY had a very nice debut at 8:30 (again, kudos to ABC Marketing […]

  9-1-1 needed no emergency assistance. 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 comparisons follow the […]

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). ###

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.20/0.16/0.12/0.24 CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.05 to 0.75, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.02 to 0.42.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.24/0.25/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF lost 0.06 to 0.42, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE ticked down to 0.29. CW:  MYSTERIES DECODED held at 0.05, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcasts, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS fell 0.3 to 1.0, and CONVICTION dropped 0.4 to 0.6.  CW was less affected, with SUPERGIRL unchanged and JANE THE VIRGIN down 0.1 to 0.4.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]