Say goodnight, broadcast season. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL‘s season finale did what the show’s done all season: win the night convincingly, but at a significantly lower level than it’s ever been before. The final episode, currently at a preliminary 6.1, will be just around 30% below last year, and FOX will no doubt […]
ABC is glad last night happened after its Upfronts. ABC: With the exception of THE MIDDLE, which stayed even (albeit at its season low 1.9), everything plunged: SUBURGATORY‘s season finale down 0.3 to a new low 1.8, MODERN FAMILY down an ugly 0.5 to a season low 3.9, DON’T TRUST THE B___ […]
Sometimes a win can also be a disappointment. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL was the highest rated show on the air last night, and gave FOX the nightly win. But… its 4.4 was a series Wednesday low, down 0.3 from last week at exactly the point in the season where it should be climbing […]
> The lows keep coming. ABC: MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired the previous week after a Modern Family rerun. The 8PM hour, in particular, is starting to look […]
> The last dull night of network TV for 4 weeks. ABC: With MODERN FAMILY airing a repeat (as well as THE MIDDLE and SUBURGATORY), DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23 crashed to a 2.0 rating. That was a bit higher than Happy Endings had done after Family reruns, but those reruns had rated […]