Something finally goes right for ABC this fall. ABC:  This was what the network had in mind when it announced its Friday schedule.  LAST MAN STANDING debuted to a 1.9, above the mid-1 numbers it was doing on higher-viewing Tuesdays.  It also proved to be an effective lead-in to the launch of MALIBU COUNTRY, which […]

A happy Halloween for Grimm. NBC:  The 1.5 for busted pilot MOCKINGBIRD LANE probably isn’t enough to bring the costly project back from the grave.  However, the boost it gave GRIMM–at 1.9, the highest-rated show of the night, with its biggest number by far this season–provides a suggestion as to how NBC should be programming […]

Not a lot of support for scripted programming. ABC:  The Alphabet took the night, winning each hour with its unscripted trio of SHARK TANK (2.0, the highest rated show of the night), PRIMETIME (1.6) and 20/20 (1.4). CBS:  Some of last week’s bump from the elimination of Made In Jersey dissipated, and after a 0.8 […]

  No one at CBS misses MADE IN JERSEY. CBS:  Without Jersey breaking up the night, both CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS were up by 0.2 to 1.4, giving the latter a tie for the 10PM lead.  Even the NCIS rerun at 8PM managed a 1.2, higher than new episodes of Jersey had been doing. NBC:  Perhaps dented a bit by the stronger CBS competition, GRIMM was […]

It’s getting to be time for the season’s first cancellation. CBS:  MADE IN JERSEY plummeted to 0.8, below even (gulp!) Fringe, and can’t be long for this world.  It probably didn’t have much effect on the long-running CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS that surround it, but they’re slumping too, with twin 1.2s that are far […]