BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS fell two-tenths to 0.72, and the season premiere of THE GOOD DOCTOR was at 0.41, down 0.16 from January’s season premiere. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.03 to 0.66, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.05 to 0.59, NCIS slipped 0.02 to 0.71, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to […]

  Even THIS IS US wilted in the face of Halloween and WORLD SERIES Game 6. 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 […]

>ABC premiered the “comedy” Work It, and America did not turn out for it.  CBS went back to basics and brought back its regular Tuesday schedule (all in originals), winning the night unlike the same night last year, when it let Paula Abdul mess up its powerhouse Tuesday schedule.  NBC also went with originals of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen gives and takes away:  DANCING WITH THE STARS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but QUANTICO lost the same.  TAKEN also dropped 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  No surprises on the Monday cable chart.  VH1 retained the lead, […]

  Monday cable was dominated, as usual, by the unscripted (well, let’s pretend they’re unscripted) WWE WRESTLING on USA and LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA on VH1.  (With VH1 back on DirecTV, Love & Hip-Hop had a big ratings bump from 1.5 to 2.0–it’s also notable for a tremendous 1.1 additional rating in its 10PM reairing, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, returning from a week off at 0.71.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER also returned from holiday break at 0.37, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie ZOOTOPIA at 0.23 was followed by a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.12. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.21/0.22. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.31, followed by a rerun WEAKEST LINK at 0.25. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS fell 0.09 to 0.27, and BEAT SHAZAM was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]