NETWORK FINALS:  On ABC, GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers at the expense of NOTORIOUS, which fell to an even more dismal 1.1.  Both SUPERSTORE and THE GOOD PLACE rose 0.1 for NBC.  CBS’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.1, 0.7 higher than last week’s game.  Both of CW’s […]

  Viewers were evidently watching THE WALKING DEAD instead of network television last night. 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 the age […]

Suddenly those ABC sitcoms aren’t such sure things. ABC:  For the third consecutive week, LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY fell, to 1.4 and 1.3 respectively.  That’s particularly worrisome for Malibu, which dropped a big 0.4.  Both shows are still probably fine as long as they hold at their current levels (they continued to hold […]

  The title BACHELOR IN PARADISE didn’t refer to its ratings. 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 the age of 2). Ratings […]

> Not at all the way the networks wanted May Sweeps to begin. NBC:  All the hype for 30 ROCK‘s live episode (a very busy half-hour with some great gags) and COMMUNITY‘s self-contained episode-long Law & Order parody bought both shows whopping increases of 0.1 from last week–which, as Mitch Metcalf showed yesterday, is essentially […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a week off and gained 0.04 to 0.43.  It was followed by reruns at 0.40/0.25/0.15. CBS:  60 MINUTES had the late national NFL game as lead-in, and compared to the last time it had that advantage on December 12 it was up 0.05 to 1.43.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was on top at 1.83.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.13/1.08/1.03 compared to last week’s 1.09/1.09/0.97, and NINJA VS NINJA was up 0.06 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1 and THE ISLAND fell 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual on Mondays without special events, the cable night belonged to USA’s WWE coverage and VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP.  The former was at 1.38-1.25 over its 3 hours (up about a tenth from […]