BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.50, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was at 0.47, and THE GAME SHOW SHOW premiered at 0.30. CBS:  SURVIVOR was steady at 0.67.  After a rerun at 0.19, the now-canceled TRUE LIES dipped 0.02 to 0.17. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED down 0.12 to 0.40, FIRE down […]

> Not all shows premiere like Smash. ABC:  In recent years, viewers have flocked to horror series from True Blood to The Walking Dead to The Vampire Diaries, and at the multiplex, “found footage” thrillers like Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside and Chronicle sell tickets like crazy, so… So this is why the entertainment business […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): COLLEGE FOOTBALL on ESPN dominated SATURDAY CABLE, taking up all of the top 6 slots for the day and a few more lower down, starting with COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 9AM Eastern Time.  After Nickelodeon’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from 2 weeks of reruns, THE CONNERS ticked up to 0.49, THE GOLDBERGS dipped 0.03 to 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.04 to 0.45, and NOT DEAD YET was steady at 0.31.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS held at 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR dropped 0.05 to 0.71.  After a rerun, TRUE LIES gained […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 17-18, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, June 18-19, […]

  The biggest reality shows on network television went head to head to head last night. NBC:  The Peacock threw a special results episode of THE VOICE against American Idol and Survivor last night, and the result was no clear winner.  The Voice tied with Survivor in the 8-8:30PM half-hour, then pulled ahead at 8:30 […]

  A moderately good night for some newcomers. 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 […]

Only one network aired its regular line-up on Thanksgiving night… and it probably should have thought twice. FOX:  The Washington/Dallas NFL game ran about 20 minutes into primetime, meaning that the network’s numbers will change when final ratings are released.  But the preliminary 2.5 for THE X FACTOR and particularly the 1.5 for GLEE suggest […]