Things are getting more dire for NBC’s comedies. 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 age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows once […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.39/0.31, a SOUL OF THE NATION special was at 0.18. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24/0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.03 to 0.68, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.03 to 0.30. FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM rose 0.07 to 0.26, and DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS was up 0.05 to 0.25. CW:  […]

CBS won Tuesday night with finales of two strong procedural dramas, matching last year’s nightly rating with solid scheduling. FOX and NBC came close to their performance on the same night last year, while ABC has utterly crashed Tuesday and is hoping for a major rebuild next year. CBS moved back into first place last […]

> AMC has just announced the Season 2 premiere for THE WALKING DEAD, and they’ve made an interesting decision:  when the show returns on Sunday October 16, it will air at 9PM instead of its original timeslot at 10.  This is unusual for AMC, which airs Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Killing all at […]

>FOX won the night with an American Idol that is hell bent on moving its rating into the 3s in a few weeks, while Touch finally returned with a fairly decent rating and a much better retention of its Idol lead in compared to its early preview way back in January.  Send the priest to […]

Amidst the far more serious damage caused by last night’s East Coast storms, network TV schedules were also largely wrecked. NBC:  Fearless of bad karma, NBC aired a new episode of its blackout drama REVOLUTION last night even as millions of Americans lost their electricity, and scored a 3.1, down about 10% from its last […]

>American Idol is stabilizing in the high-5 rating area on Thursday and a 6 rating on Wednesday, while Grey’s Anatomy had a good night on ABC and The Office hits a new low on NBC (though still the network’s highest-rated comedy at a 2.5).                Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating […]