NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has announced clearances for upcoming daytime talk show “Harry,” hosted by Harry Connick, Jr., in more than 80 percent of the U.S. to date for its debut in national broadcast syndication next fall. As previously announced, “Harry” has already been sold to Fox Television Stations in 17 markets. New station groups […]
ESPN was the outright winner, by far, on New Year’s night with college football’s “Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State”. On the negative side, it ranked as the least-watched Sugar Bowl ever (since at least 1999). Earlier in the day, college football’s Rose Bowl — Stanford vs. Iowa — on ESPN drew 13.6 million […]
The sixth – and final — season of critically acclaimed drama “Downton Abbey” on MASTERPIECE drew an average audience of 9.9 million viewers (with a 6.2 household ratings) from 9-10:15 p.m. on Sunday (based on the Live + Same Day data). Comparably, this was almost equal to the 10.1 million viewers who turned into the […]
The top ratings performer on New Year’s Eve — as usual on every New Year’s Eve since the 1970’s — is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” in late night from New York’s Times Square as the clock struck midnight on the East Coast. In prime time, a new ratings winner emerged: ABC’s fellow Disney […]
What follows are the preliminary national ratings for Monday, January 4 broken out by network and by each half-hour. Note that these results are based on the time period averages and are not program based. -Total Viewers: CBS: 10.26 million, ABC: 6.42, NBC: 4.32, Fox: 3.55, CW: 1.44 -Adults 18-49: CBS: 1.9 rating/6 share, ABC: […]
Three winners with the most correct answers will be drawn at the end of the week. Please send you answers to marc@programminginsider.com TUESDAY’s QUESTION What is Leonard Hofstader (Johnny Galecki) middle name? a) Davis b) Leakey c) Lee d) Leslie e) Morris MONDAY’s QUESTION Which one of the following characters from “The Big Bang Theory” […]
NBCUniversal has opted against a third season of daytime talker “The Meredith Vieira Show.” Despite making the show live and adding a variety of regular panelists (including Lance Bass), “Meredith Vieira” in season two ranks 13th out of 14 daily hours in the category with a 0.9 rating. Year-to-year, that is down by 25 percent. […]
ABC 8:00 p.m. “Fresh off the Boat” 8:30 p.m. “The Muppets” 9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” 10:00 p.m. “Beyond the Tank” CBS 8:00 p.m. “NCIS” 9:00 p.m. “NCIS: New Orleans” 10:00 p.m. “Limitless” NBC 8:00 p.m. “Hollywood Game Night” (series premiere) 9:00 p.m. “Chicago Med” 10:00 p.m. “Chicago Fire” Fox 8:00 p.m. “New Girl” (season premiere) […]
