No one found a Week 2 bounce. FOX:  The season’s second episode of TOUCH fared even worse than last week’s season premiere, dropping 0.2 to a 0.7 that makes Fringe seem high-rated in comparison.  Touch couldn’t blame its lead-in, as KITCHEN NIGHTMARES edged up to 1.1 at 8PM.  Viewers had better hope Kiefer Sutherland and […]

  NOTE:  This was another night where sports will lead to a high level of adjustments in final numbers, affecting CBS, FOX and CW. 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+ […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE both gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were again at the top of cable, with TBS’s game at 0.68 and Fox Sports 1’s game […]

> FOX did what it had to do today, shutting the time-travel portal on TERRA NOVA.  The show (which, because of its CG postproduction, would have needed an early renewal to be ready for air in Fall 2012) was enormously expensive, and its ratings trajectory was steeply downward, ending its run at a level barely […]

> Post-baseball hangover over?  Not so fast. FOX:  Unlike Monday, FOX’s Tuesday seems to have been seriously dented by baseball preemptions.  GLEE only recovered a bit of its pre-baseball number, and despite a much-publicized episode in which 2 of the main characters lost their virginity, the show is now running a scary 25% below last […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Coming off last week’s season premieres, the line-up was down:  STATION 19 by 0.18 to 0.58, GREY’S ANATOMY by 0.13 to 0.64, and BIG SKY by 0.05 to 0.32. CBS:  A premiere night, as YOUNG SHELDON stayed steady with last year’s premiere at 0.70, UNITED STATES OF AL dipped 0.09 from […]

>Dancing with the Stars Results put ABC in the win column last night, which is normal for the final Tuesday of the November sweep, when the plastic trophy is awarded to America’s favorite dancer.  However, ABC is running 15% behind the pace of this night last year.  Look for much stronger casting in the next […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We had waited for post-adjustment numbers to take a look at last night’s network ratings, so we’ll do that now. ABC:  the season finale of BATTLEBOTS fell 0.2 from last week to 0.6, and a MATCH GAME rerun followed at 0.4.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.3 to 1.6.  NBC, FOX […]