February is known as a sweeps month of major events, with the Super Bowl, Grammys and Oscars annually making life difficult for the competition on their respective Sundays. This year, NBC filled out…
CBS won Tuesday’s ratings race in key demos thanks to another dominant performance by “NCIS,” but a slight cool down by the drama coincided with gains for ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” which grew in…
Fox’s “Gotham” rallied from its recent lows on Monday, but it wasn’t enough to catch ABC’s “The Bachelor,” which ruled as the night’s top show in young adults and lifted the net to a primetime…
NBC’s star-studded “Saturday Night Live” anniversary special on Sunday scored some of the network’s best ratings for an entertainment telecast in years, drawing numbers that were pretty close to what…
NBC is finding just how difficult it will be to turn around its Thursday fortunes after “The Slap” became the net’s second weak drama debut in eight days, while anchor “The Blacklist” dropped off…
UPDATE: In updated national estimates from Nielsen, Fox’s “Empire” was revised upward to a 4.8 rating/15 share in adults 18-49 and 11.96 million viewers overall — gains of 4% in both 18-49 (from 4.6)…
UPDATE: In updated national estimates released Wednesday afternoon by Nielsen, all three CBS dramas were revised up a tenth: “NCIS” (2.9/9 in 18-49, 18.77 million viewers overall), “NCIS: New Orleans”…
Even a slightly off-key Grammy Awards telecast was enough to lift CBS to a rather easy weekly ratings victory in key demos during the first frame of February. The awards program averaged an 8.3…
“Better Call Saul” lost half of its big premiere audience as it transitioned to its regular Monday timeslot last night — and AMC will probably be very happy. The “Breaking Bad” prequel/spinoff…
UPDATE: The afternoon national adjustments from Nielsen held some good news for CBS, as three of its shows picked up a tenth in 18-49. “Scorpion” (2.3/6) tied with “2 Broke Girls” as Monday’s top…
