>AMC’s Walking Dead was clearly the top program on cable last week with Adults 18-49, with the season finale scoring an impressive 4.7 rating, up from a more typical 3.6 last week and beating the season premiere’s 4.2 rating on February 12.  How good is a 4.7 rating?  Just look at the broadcast competition last […]

> If you hear bells pealing and catch sight of Human Beings dancing (well, not so much dancing as meta-dancing that references obscure pop culture artifacts from 20 years ago), it’s because NBC has finally freed COMMUNITY, its low-rated, selectively-beloved, utterly bizarre captive sitcom.   As of March 15, Community will be back in its 8PM […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to 0.49.  ESPN’s coverage of the UFC PRELIMS was at 0.48.  Food Network’s morning trio had PIONEER WOMAN up 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SCANDAL, THE 100 and the 2d episode of LIFE IN PIECES each lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The late game of TNT’s NBA doubleheader, Clippers vs. Oklahoma City, took […]

  A middling result for VOLCANO LIVE. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BROKE and the reruns of YOUNG SHELDON and MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DON’T and LABOR OF LOVE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV led Thursday cable, with JERSEY SHORE down a tick to 0.45, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.06 to 0.71, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS:  Reruns at 0.48/0.38/0.29/0.26. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.09 to 0.85, but ORDINARY JOE was down 0.06 to 0.31. FOX:  With THE MASKED SINGER preempted by the World Series on […]

  Talent competition shows continued to dominate network television. NBC:  After THE VOICE‘s new Tuesday low 3.0 (down 0.2 from last week), AMERICA’S GOT TALENT premiered with a 3.1 rating from 9-11 pm (3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.0 by half hour).  This was its lowest-ever premiere; last year the show debuted with a 3.7 rating, […]