> SMASH, the ambitious musical drama that was intended from the start to be NBC’s new signature series (even if for some of us, it’s become a bit smudged) has officially been renewed for a 2d season. This was pretty much an inevitability.  Not only is a huge amount of the network’s struggle for renewed […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.21/0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to 0.74, and PASSWORD was up 0.03 to 0.50. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.13. CW:  LEONARDO rose 0.03 to 0.07, and DEVILS ticked up to 0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP fell 0.07 to 0.22, and INFIEL ticked up to […]

Duck Dynasty on A&E took control of television last week, #1 among all programs by a mile with an astounding 5.0 rating with adults 18-49.  Breaking Bad‘s brief reign last week ended with the second episode declining half a rating point this week and falling into a tie for second with Under the Dome on […]

  The Sked’s State Of the Network Reports:  NBC and CBS Two good things, and only two, have happened to ABC in 2013.  One is Scandal.  The other is that NBC’s implosion has been so absolute and riveting (and it never stops) that ABC has been in something like a Network Protection Program by comparison. […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 2, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  A boost for LOVE ISLAND. 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 follows the […]

  SUNDAY HBO:  It’s still TRUE BLOOD season, and even though the show slipped 0.1 to 2.4 among 18-49s, holding more or less even in total viewers at 4.5M, that was by far the biggest cable rating of the night.  In fact, even though HBO is only in 1/3 of US households, it came within […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES, THE SIMPSONS and BOB’S BURGERS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.0, down 0.3 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim’s RICK & MORTY led Sunday cable but sank by […]