> What’s better than a back order? An extra back order. NBC has increased its order for UP ALL NIGHT by 2 additional episodes, making for a total of 24 in the season. Probably this indicates little more than a desire to have new episodes of Up available in its new Thursday 9:30PM timeslot in […]
> The season premiere episode of MAD MEN wasn’t screened at PaleyFest tonight. Although the show airs a week from Sunday and virtually every other PaleyFest honoree screened an upcoming episode of its series, series creator/showrunner/Keeper Of All Mysteries Matthew Weiner wasn’t about to let the premiere out of his grasp. In fact, he’d obviously […]
NETWORK FINALS: The reruns of SINGLE PARENTS and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The season 2 finale of YELLOWSTONE won the cable night at 0.59, up 0.06 from last week, and even more impressively […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.07 to 0.53, GENERATION GAP jumped 0.11 to 0.46, and THE CON was up 0.03 to 0.26. CBS: Reruns at 0.33/0.27 were followed by BIG BROTHER down 0.05 to 0.73, with another rerun afterward at 0.19. NBC: The NFL HALL OF FAME game kicked off preseason football […]
NETWORK FINALS: CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.4/1.1/2.4. Elsewhere, DYNASTY fell again to 0.1, although just on the edge of that drop. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at the top of Friday cable with 1.35 (for […]
A move to Sunday did absolutely nothing for BRAINDEAD. 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 […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE GOLDBERGS rose 0.08 to 0.67, THE WONDER YEARS climbed 0.06 to 0.50, THE CONNERS jumped a tenth to 0.56, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.09 to 0.38. THE CHASE was up 0.06 to 0.33. CBS: After a THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT special at 0.61, THE AMAZING RACE fell […]
>FOX declined again last night as American Idol continues to erode. However, viewers didn’t shift to the network competition as CBS was down a touch and ABC, as expected, was down significantly (repeats this week versus original episodes last week). NBC premiered the comedy Bent with two episodes from 9-10 pm. While they improved the […]