Earlier, we saw the season to date ratings for each broadcast network.  Of course, the Monday-Sunday weekly primetime average does not tell the whole story.  Each night of the week has its own character and dynamics.  Here are the night-by-night averages for each network six weeks into the TV season (along the percent change from […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Since we weren’t able to do a full morning post, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals (or the most-recent new episodes as applicable).  Also, most shows aired a half-hour late in much of a country due to the Presidential address at 8PM ET. ABC:  Airing new episodes for the first […]

NBC of course won last night handily with the first NFL game of the season.  Usually scheduled on the Thursday after Labor Day, the NFL moved the game to Wednesday out of deference to President Obama who gives his acceptance speech in Charlotte tomorrow night.  Last night’s game (Dallas upsetting the Super Bowl champion New […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE SUPER BOWL adjusted up to 39.1 in final numbers, slightly below last year’s 39.3.  THE BLACKLIST adjusted down to 8.4, which was far below the 11.4 for the NEW GIRL that ran during the first half-hour of last year’s post-game slot, but above the 6.9 that BROOKLYN NINE-NINE had in the […]

>Two and a Half Men premiered with a 10.3 Adult 18-49 rating, about equal to a good Sunday Night Football game but not at the level of an AFC Championship game, as CBS head Les Moonves boldly predicted.  Nonetheless, this is a great number to welcome Ashton Kutcher to the show.  Can the show maintain […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  Since we weren’t able to provide text for this morning’s ratings, a more detailed afternoon analysis follows: ABC:  GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.1 to 1.8, yet STATION 19 had a heartening 0.1 bump to 1.2.  SCANDAL, airing for the first time this season at 10PM, fell 0.3 to 0.8. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 in final numbers.  For fans of car crashes, the more specific ratings for BEING REUBEN were 0.04/0.03.  It’s currently scheduled to continue airing new episodes this week.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was […]

  AMC:  In the single least-surprising development of the season (perhaps the century), THE WALKING DEAD has just been renewed for a 5th season.  Slightly more surprisingly, it appears as though Scott M. Gimple, with survival skills his predecessors lacked, will return as showrunner.  On Sunday, Walking Dead was down a slight 0.3 airing against […]