NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, and the reruns of THE FLASH and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN again led Tuesday cable, down 0.03 from last week to 0.77, […]

>A Friday night to forget last night to forget as the audience has better things to do (shop, see a movie, visit family, or basically anything else) than watch lame animated specials or Hollywood movies on television with more than a dozen commercial breaks. FOX did the “best” Friday night with Iron Man from 8:00-10:30 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.44, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.03 to 0.57, THE $100,000 PYRAMID slipped 0.02 to 0.44, and THE FINAL STRAW was steady at 0.29. CBS:  BIG BROTHER jumped a tenth to 0.91.  The rest of the line-up had reruns at 0.42/0.22/0.23. NBC:  WHO DO […]

  NOTE:  all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, since there was no original regular programming on the night after Thanksgiving. 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 […]

> On a night when the most interesting rating is likely to be on cable (the return of Walking Dead on AMC), there wasn’t much good news for any broadcast network. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME is premiering 8PM next Sunday, and the night is hardly set up for the new arrival as the network […]

  FRIDAY STARZ;  In its second week, DA VINCI’S DEMONS lost half its premiere rating, falling to a 0.2 in 18-49s and half a million total viewers.  Starz strenuously asserts that this is primarily due to viewers watching the apprehension of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect that was going on that night–and we’ll find out […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday:  

  A trio of shows premiered last night, but only one did so impressively. 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 […]