Only one of last week’s premieres held its number. CW: What does it say about the broadcast season when the only good news on a fall night came from CW? ARROW is looking like a genuine hit with a steady 1.3, beating hapless NBC in the hour (see our not-so-enthusiastic pilot + 1 review here). […]
A superhero comes to the rescue. CW: ARROW gave the beleagurered little network the best news it’s had literally in years, with a colossal (for CW) 1.3 rating that beat NBC in its first half-hour and was only narrowly behind in its second. That also lifted SUPERNATURAL to a snappy 1.0 at 9PM. ABC: You couldn’t call NASHVILLE a […]
Primetime was only an hour long last night (2 for CW), so not much to say. In preliminary numbers, NBC’s news division won bragging rights to victory in the OBAMA VS. ROMNEY miniseries that took up the rest of the evening. ABC: THE NEIGHBORS predictably fell from its debut in the post-Modern Family slot last […]
So much for the monkey. NBC: ANIMAL PRACTICE lurched into the regular season with an awful 1.4 start, the lowest rated show in primetime (other than on CW) last night. GUYS WITH KIDS did marginally better at 1.6, but that was still deeply in 4th place for its timeslot. (Incidentally, in other NBC bad sitcom […]
CBS had an exit and an entrance last night, neither of them very impressive. CBS: SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES debuted with 3.1, down 0.3 from last fall’s premiere (although that faced weaker competition). That was followed by the season finale of BIG BROTHER, which was down 0.4 from the last summer finale to 2.5. Neither of these […]