Fans are already starting to miss their favorite serial killer, as DEXTER had the best launch of its run with last night’s Season 8 premiere.  The show had 2.5M viewers, up 100,000 from Season 7’s premiere.  (Demo numbers weren’t released, but should end up at around a 1.4 in 18-49s–which, if true, would mean […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS ticked down to 0.70, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.43. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD slipped 0.02 to 0.65, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.53.  NCIS was down 0.03 to 0.59, and NCIS: HAWAII held at 0.48.  NBC:  THE […]

The weekly rankings so far (through Thursday) for cable and broadcast programs.  In the official nationals, Thursday’s NFL season kickoff game (Baltimore at Denver) came in at a 10.3 rating with adults 18-49, the #1 show of the week by far at this point and ahead of last year’s 9.7 rating for the similar game […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  note that unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to November 18, due to Thanksgiving. ABC:  A special 20/20 featuring an ALEC BALDWIN INTERVIEW was at 0.45, and GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT ended at 0.26. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.09 to 0.64, UNITED STATES OF AL dipped 0.03 to 0.46, GHOSTS held at 0.55, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  RISING STAR and WIPEOUT swapped 0.1s, with RISING STAR on the low end–in fact, it was ABC’s lowest-rated original show of the night.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER went up even higher to 2.2, but RECKLESS was pathetic, down another 0.1 to 0.5.  SUNDAY CABLE:  THE STRAIN, FX’s first entry into the world […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Midseason continued to arrive on the networks, as THE BACHELOR premiered at 0.84, down a hefty 0.49 from the January 2021 premiere.  It was followed by reruns at 0.35/0.24. CBS:  Airing for the first time since December 6, THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.09 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA gained 0.02 to 0.51, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Back-to-back episodes of SOUL OF A NATION were at 0.29/0.21.  They were followed by a rerun of PROMISED LAND at 0.10. CBS:  Sitcom reruns at 0.52/0.48 were followed by BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION, down 0.29 from Wednesday to 0.49.  A BULL rerun was at 0.21. NBC:  Night 1 of the WINTER […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, ABC adjusted downward when its local football simulcasts were removed, with DANCING WITH THE STARS at 1.8 (down 0.4 from last week) and the season premiere of CASTLE at 2.2, the same as last season’s premiere.  Both the new episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION gained 0.1 in […]