HBO announced today that its new Aaron Sorkin series THE NEWSROOM has been renewed for a 2d season, and that TRUE BLOOD will be back for Season 6.  Newsroom is the most talked-about new show of the summer, and True Blood is the network’s biggest hit, so neither of these decisions was in any […]

  A pair of evenly matched COLLEGE FOOTBALL games took the night, with FOX’s Baylor vs. Oklahoma State contest edging out ABC’s TCU vs. Oklahoma duel, 1.2 to 1.1.  Elsewhere, two episodes of 48 HOURS were at 0.8/1.0 for CBS, and a run of the family movie FREE BIRDS gave NBC 0.5. ABC preempts its […]

>Another tough Tuesday on the broadcast networks.  Back with original episodes, CBS won the night with a 2.7 rating with Adults 18-49, and The Eye is the only network with a show over a 3 rating on the night (NCIS with a season low 3.3 rating).  A lot of shows between a mid-1 and low-2 […]

In addition to the four usual NFL time periods on Sunday (two 1:00 pm games, a 4:30 pm national game and the 8:30 game on NBC), Thanksgiving day featured a national NFL tripleheader.  Of all the games this week, the 12:45 Thanksgiving game on CBS was the highest-rated (15.2 household rating in the 56 metered […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

>NCIS celebrates its 200th episode and guides CBS to a narrow victory over FOX, as Glee continues to fade.  The River opens quietly on ABC, while Parenthood on NBC set a season low.               Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Tuesday      CBS    FOX    ABC    NBC 02.07.2012   3.1    3.0 […]

>Another night of all repeats on the broadcast networks last night.  Saturday night some original programming returns to the schedule with New Year’s Eve specials hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Carson Daly.              Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     CBS    FOX    ABC    NBC12.29.2011   2.0    […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]