BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.21.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were on TBS at 2.19/1.84, with AEW ALL ACCESS at 0.24 and AEW: RAMPAGE at 0.10.  ESPN’s WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.35/0.24 (with an ESPN2 game at 0.11), UFC […]

> The night before Thanksgiving has an odd balance:  viewership is down, but advertiser interest is up (anyone who watched primetime last night was buried under retailer promos for Black Friday sales)–hence, original programming on a night that often sees season-low ratings. ABC:  The Alphabet was both the main recipient and victim of the odd […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning this afternoon, and for the next week, charts will be posted as usual, but text and responses to comments will be delayed at best as we bring you SHOWBUZZDAILY’s coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. 9-1-1 is justifying its quick Season 2 renewal. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour […]

NBC began the second half of its season, but the story was still football. FOX:  The overrun from the Seattle/Washington NFL WILD CARD GAME coverage, which was cunningly pushed even farther into primetime by FOX with the postgame show extended to around 8:03PM, gave Rupert Murdoch’s troops the night.  The overrun itself had a massive […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 upticks in final numbers for THIS IS US, THE VOICE, and BULL, but LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and the rerun of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW went 0.1 the other way.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the CHADWICK BOSEMAN TRIBUTE special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and the reruns of LAST MAN STANDING and DUNCANVILLE lost the same.  In addition, CW posted an MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS RECAP special at 0.1.         Broadcast Official […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local college basketball tournament adjustments weren’t kind to the networks.  BLUE BLOODS fell 0.2 in final numbers, while AGENTS OF SHIELD, TAKEN, and CONFRONTING PUTIN all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  But what was bad for the broadcasters […]

> A night of virtually all-new programming brought in plenty of viewers. CBS:  Back with new episodes for the first time in over a month, the network was up across the board by 0.2-0.4.  On a night where football reigned, that didn’t win any hours, but bodes very well for when the atypical competition is […]