There wasn’t much tumult expected in the CBS 2013-14 schedule, especially since The Eye will be this season’s #1 network, and today the most of its line-up was renewed (and a couple of others were omitted just temporarily, as financial negotiations continue for their new seasons). Here’s the nightly rundown: MONDAY: How I Met […]
It was almost like football season last night, with a sports overrun claiming Sunday’s biggest rating by far. CBS: Per Mitch Metcalf: “The Masters over-run into CBS prime time last night (including two sudden-death playoff holes) averaged a 4.1 fast national rating with adults 18-49, which we are adjusting up to 4.7 to reflect […]
Even as a rerun, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was on top. 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 […]
Updated weekly broadcast and cable program rankings.
Only one show last night topped a 1.5 rating. ABC: An 8PM SHARK TANK only managed a 1.2, but the 9PM season finale zoomed up to a 1.9, easily the highest-rated show of the night (but down a tick from last week). 2d highest: the 1.5 for 20/20, although that was down 0.2 from […]
Talent competition shows continued to dominate network television. NBC: After THE VOICE‘s new Tuesday low 3.0 (down 0.2 from last week), AMERICA’S GOT TALENT premiered with a 3.1 rating from 9-11 pm (3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.0 by half hour). This was its lowest-ever premiere; last year the show debuted with a 3.7 rating, […]
There is, it turns out, an audience for scripted network drama during the summer. CBS: Airing in the dead of network summer, and against what turned out to be the last hour of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, UNDER THE DOME had a huge 3.2 debut in 18-49s and over 13M viewers, numbers that […]
Updated weekly ratings chart for broadcast and cable: