NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE RAW was at 0.73/0.71/0.68 compared to last week’s 0.87/0.82/0.68, and BRIARPATCH was at 0.20 in its new timeslot, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The SHARK TANK season finale rose 0.1 in final numbers.  All else remained as reported below. FRIDAY CABLE:  With no NBA Playoffs on tap, it was a quiet night, dominated by comedy reruns.  The only sizable numbers were WWE (Syfy) at 0.7 and SONS OF GUNS (Discovery) at 0.6, both steady with […]

  A fair amount of original programming, but not much that anyone wanted to watch. 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 […]

  We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from […]

> This morning we anticipated that the season finale of THE WALKING DEAD on AMC would outrate anything on network television last night, but that didn’t do justice to Dead‘s accomplishment.  In the finale’s initial airing (it was repeated later in the evening), it broke Dead‘s own record as the highest-rated cable television drama ever, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Thanksgiving edition of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 7.4 in final numbers.  However, what the NFL giveth, it taketh away, and with the football overrun removed, FOX’s CAUSE FOR PAWS lost 0.3.  ELEMENTARY gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.72 (Houston vs. Clippers)/0.40 (San Antonio vs. Philadelphia), preceded by a COLLEGE BASKETBALL game at 0.24.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

There’s a new sheriff in town on Thursday nights this fall: CBS is poised to take command of the night.  CBS has been building toward this achievement for years, and this season all the pieces are in place: two solid comedies at 8 pm, a returning drama ready to grow at 9 pm and a […]