All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
Just in case you had any doubts, “Downton Abbey” is more popular than ever in America, and it does not matter at all that season 3 premiered in the United Kingdom slightly less than four months ago. The numbers are in for Sunday night’s extended airing on PBS, and they are beyond impressive. As a […]
After checking out the full ratings for Sunday night, we can definitely say one thing about NBC: they made the right move in giving “The Biggest Loser” the fall off, at least based on how many more people are interested in the show now. For its two-hour season premiere, the weight-loss competition ended up posting […]
The months of April and May are typically pretty stressful for any TV fan, mostly because this is when the networks start to make some serious decisions about the future of some viewers’ favorite shows. When this network is NBC, the decisions seem to be even more stressful than usual. Why? It’s really all about […]
We’re not typically ones to try and make excuses for other shows’ ratings dropping, but when you look at the recent tradition for most shows this week returning to high numbers (and in the case of “The Big Bang Theory,” a series high), there is really just one logical explanation for what we saw most […]
Matt Carter Buckwild, Jersey Shore
Just how well did MTV’s “Buckwild” really do on Thursday night? In answering that question, what you are really looking at is a matter of perspective and spin about what you consider to be a good start for a show with reasonable expectations on a cable network. Overall, the West Virginia-set series, which we described […]
Matt Carter The Big Bang Theory
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you put new episodes of high-rating shows up against repeats. If you thought that “The Big Bang Theory” was a monster before, just wait until you see the ratings now. Overall, the latest episode of the hit CBS sitcom managed to go completely out of the park […]
Matt Carter Chicago Fire, Law & Order: SVU
We expected much of NBC’s lineup to perform well against mostly repeats, but who expected “Chicago Fire” to suddenly become one of the top-performing new dramas of the new season in one night? For at least one week, it seems to be true. Overall, the firefighting drama scored a very impressive 2.4 rating in the […]
When the ratings first came in for the “Downton Abbey” season 2 Christmas special late last month, there was almost a feeling of disappointment as the show struggled to push beyond the 7 million mark. While this was still a reasonably solid number for a holiday when not every family is into watching TV, it […]
Who knew that “Dance Moms” is continuing to grow in popularity? In all honesty, it was starting to feel as though the Lifetime reality show peaked back in 2012, as we had not seen or heard much of the controversial Abby Lee Miller over the past several months. Therefore, there are a couple of things […]
Despite all of our constant criticism of NBC over airing a new episode of “Parenthood” season 4 on a holiday in New Year’s Eve, and with no new programming as a lead-in, the network has to be relatively pleased at the end of the day with its performance. Surprisingly, the top program of the night […]
