[dperkins]

I actually think the reason why the broadcast networks can't skew above a 2 avg lately is because of the age groups. 18-49 means they were born between 1965-1996. Most of those people grew up with cable networks. Some people were so loyal to broadcast networks that they rarely venture out into the cable network programming. However, most of those are the 50+ demo now. Some of the reason being that there didn't used to be a big selection of prime time cable shows. I don't think it's anything the networks are doing wrong, I think it's just that so many people in that demo tune into the cable programs or watch them later online via hulu or the networks website. There's just so many ways to watch shows now and so many options of what to watch that the broadcast networks can't dominate like they used to. At least not with this generation. It's only going to get worse. Until they change the way they get ratings/viewers.

[fridayteenage]

Since a 1.6 is about 2 million 18-49-year-olds, at least a few networks average in the multiple millions for that age group.

Only about 20 broadcast shows this season have gotten at least a 2.0 every single episode. I posted them on an earlier page.

[Lee!!]

Originally posted by dperkins

I actually think the reason why the broadcast networks can't skew above a 2 avg lately is because of the age groups. 18-49 means they were born between 1965-1996. Most of those people grew up with cable networks. Some people were so loyal to broadcast networks that they rarely venture out into the cable network programming. However, most of those are the 50+ demo now. Some of the reason being that there didn't used to be a big selection of prime time cable shows. I don't think it's anything the networks are doing wrong, I think it's just that so many people in that demo tune into the cable programs or watch them later online via hulu or the networks website. There's just so many ways to watch shows now and so many options of what to watch that the broadcast networks can't dominate like they used to. At least not with this generation. It's only going to get worse. Until they change the way they get ratings/viewers.

Thats definitely the problem. Shows are now spread over hundreds of channels compared to only a few handfuls of channels. But if a drama show like The Walking Dead can break a 6.0 regularly and comedy like Big Bang theory can constantly break 5/6's, the networks need to find the right shows to attract an audience.
Also worth noting this might be the first time one of the main 4 won't break a 3.0 average for the season. NBC is currently at a 3.0 because of the Olympics. But it might drop to a 2.9 before May is over due to normal declining spring numbers.
OK now time to update Tuesdays numbers!

[Lee!!]

Tuesday Broadcast Finals

NCIS (2.5/8) 17.52 million viewers
NCIS: Los Angeles (2.4/7) 15.54 million viewers
Person Of Interest (2.0/6) 12.23 million viewers
-Still going strong

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (R) (0.8/2) 2.90 million viewers
The Goldbergs (R) (0.9/2) 3.01 million viewers
Trophy Wife (R) (0.7/2) 2.25 million viewers
Mind Games (0.7/2) 2.06 million viewers
-The cancellation clock is ticking for Mind Games

The Voice (3.4/11) 12.45 million viewers
About a Boy (2.0/6) 7.41 million viewers
Growing Up Fisher (1.7/5) 6.24 million viewers
Chicago Fire (R) (1.0/3) 3.89 million viewers
-Voice adjusted up, Comedies still doing pretty well

Glee (1.1/3) 2.68 million viewers
New Girl (1.2/4) 2.49 million viewers
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season Finale) (1.3/4) 2.59 million viewers
-lol Glee. NG low, B99 grew slighly out of NG

The 100 (R) (0.5/2) 1.57 million viewers
Supernatural (1.0/3) 2.25 million viewers
-The 100 repeated better than the CW's monday original programs

[Lee!!]

Tuesday Cable Finals

The Game (1.4) 3.061 million viewers
Let's Stay Together (0.6) 1.549 million viewers

Teen Mom 2 (1.3) 2.171 million viewers
Are You The One? (Season Finale) (0.9) 1.611 million viewers

Little People, Big World (0.5) 1.882 million viewers
The Little Couple (1.0) 3.283 million viewers

Tosh.0 (1.0) 1.579 million viewers
Kroll Show (0.5) 0.840 million viewers
Daily Show (0.6) 1.501 million viewers
Colbert Report (0.5) 1.245 million viewers
@midnight (0.4) 0.651 million viewers

Amish Mafia (0.9) 2.273 million viewers
Clash of the Ozarks (0.5) 1.291 million viewers

Dance Moms (0.7) 1.986 million viewers
Kim of Queens (0.5) 1.198 million viewers

Storage Wars (0.7) 2.493 million viewers
Storage Wars (0.7) 2.586 million viewers
Barryd Treasure (0.5) 1.703 million viewers

Ink Master (0.7) 1.177 million viewers
Tattoo nightmares (0.4) 0.672 million viewers

Cougar Town (0.7) 1.538 million viewers
Conan (0.4) 0.800 million viewers

NBA Basketball (0.6) 1.743 million viewers
NBA Basketball (0.6) 1.442 million viewers

Justified (0.6) 2.050 million viewers

Real Housewives of New York City (0.6) 1.437 million viewers

Face Off (0.5) 1.233 million viewers
Jim Hensons Creature Shop (0.5) 1.121 million viewers

Chrisley Knows Best (0.5) 1.131 million viewers

Bad Girls Club All Star Battle (0.5) 1.129 million viewers

Hardcore Pawn (0.4) 1.412 million viewers

Game of Arms (0.3) 0.512 million viewers

Twisted (0.2) 0.726 million viewers

[Lee!!]

Wednesday Broadcast Finals

Survivor (2.3/7) 9.85 million viewers
Criminal Minds (R) (1.4/4) 7.19 million viewers
CSI (R) (1.2/4) 7.42 million viewers
-Survivor still doing well

The Middle (1.9/6) 7.28 million viewers
Suburgatory (1.5/4) 5.24 million viewers
Modern Family (3.6/11) 10.09 million viewers
Mixology (1.6/5) 4.85 million viewers
Nashville (1.3/4) 5.19 million viewers
-Suburgatory and MF adjusted up (best episodes from the two in a while also), Mixology adjusted down

Prince Harry's South Pole Heroes (0.8/3) 3.71 million viewers
Law And Order: SVU (R) (0.9/2) 3.51 million viewers
Chicago PD (R) (0.9/3) 3.82 million viewers

American Idol (2.2/7) 9.33 million viewers
-Idol down but still not out

Arrow (0.9/3) 2.62 million viewers
The 100 (0.7/2) 2.27 million viewers
-Normal drop for a freshman show, next few weeks will determine its fate. Arrow up from last week

[fridayteenage]

Idol was the #3 reality show on Wednesday. That's gotta sting.

[Lee!!]

Wednesday Cable Finals

Duck Dynasty (Season Finale) (2.5) 6.006 million viewers

NBA BAsketball (1.4) 3.348 million viewers
NBA Basketball (0.6) 1.281 million viewers

Psych (Series Finale) (0.7) 1.928 million viewers
Psych After Pshow (0.4) 1.025 million viewers

Workaholics (0.7) 1.089 million viewers
Broad City (0.5) 0.812 million viewers
Daily Show (0.7) 1.583 million viewers
Colbert Report (0.5) 1.125 million viewers
@midnight (0.4) 0.673 million viewers

Real World: Ex-Plosion (0.7) 1.166 million viewers

Preachers Daughters (0.6) 1.394 million viewers
Bring It! (0.7) 1.546 million viewers

Deal With It (0.6) 1.577 million viewers
Conan (0.4) 0.869 million viewers

Melissa & Joey (0.5) 1.013 million viewers
Baby Daddy (0.5) 0.901 million viewers

The Americans (0.4) 1.356 million viewers

Hoarding: Buries Alive (0.4) 1.220 million viewers

Save My Bakery (0.3) 0.720 million viewers
Restaurant Impossible (0.4) 1.269 million viewers

Hot in Cleveland LIVE! (Season Premiere) (0.3) 1.352 million viewers
The Soul Man LIVE! (Season Premiere) (0.3) 1.019 million viewers

South Beach Tow (0.3) 0.919 million viewers

Flipping Out (0.3) 0.833 million viewers

The Fabulous Life Of (0.3) 0.616 million viewers

[Harly]

CW

The 100
Reign
The original
Tvd

[fridayteenage]

Idol tied with Hell's Kitchen at 1.9 each. Might drop from its lead-in one of these weeks...

For the 3rd week in a row, Resurrection's +3 DVR boost is a 1.2 rating. That's oddly consistent. Too bad the live ratings have gone down 2 weeks in a row.

[dperkins]

Idol should do a final season and do everything they can to get the original judges back and hype the HELL out of it. They should at least try to go out on a high note. Simon is free now that XFactor US is done. lol Maybe they could do an all stars season with those who didn't get a record deal. (It's not like the show makes very many successful stars anyways...) it would at least get ratings.

[Lee!!]

Thursday Broadcast Finals

NCAA Basketball: Dayton/Stanford (2.0/7) 7.11 million viewers
NCAA Basketball: UCLA/Florida (2.6/9) 7.23 million viewers
-Did well

Once Upon A Time in Wonderland (1.0/3) 3.35 million viewers
Grey's Anatomy (2.6/7) 8.42 million viewers
Scandal (3.1/9) 9.01 million viewers
-OUATIW and Greys adjusted up, Scandal dominating

Hollywood Game Night (R) (1.1/4) 4.28 million viewers
Hollywood Game Night (R) (1.1/3) 3.69 million viewers
Parenthood (1.4/4) 4.40 million viewers
-HGN performed what original comedies do :x Parenthood up

Hell's Kitchen (1.9/6) 5.39 million viewers
American Idol (1.9/6) 7.98 million viewers
Surviving Jack (Series Premiere) (1.3/4) 5.15 million viewers
-HK adjusted up, very soft SJ premiere

The Vampire Diaries (0.8/2) 1.73 million viewers
Reign (0.6/2) 1.40 million viewers
-VD adjusted up

[Lee!!]

Thursday Cable Finals

NCAA Basketball (1.0) 3.025 million viewers
NCAA Basketball (1.4) 3.282 million viewers
PostGame (1.9) 3.866 million viewers
Conan (0.4) 0.612 million viewers

Pawn Stars (1.2) 4.050 million viewers
Pawn Stars (1.3) 4.476 million viewers
Vikings (1.2) 3.348 million viewers

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (0.8) 1.910 million viewers
America's Worst Tattoos (0.3) 0.842 million viewers

Suits (0.7) 2.530 million viewers
Sirens (0.5) 1.224 million viewers

Ridiculousness (0.6) 1.339 million viewers
Ridiculousness (0.6) 1.323 million viewers

Impractical Jokers (0.6) 1.477 million viewers

After the First 48 (0.5) 1.110 million viewers
Beyond Scared Straight (0.5) 1.208 million viewers

Daily Show (0.5) 1.387 million viewers
Colbert Report (0.4) 1.070 million viewers

Under the Gunn (0.5) 1.474 million viewers

Chopped Canada (0.5) 1.185 million viewers
Beat Bobby Flay (0.4) 1.288 million viewers

Mary Mary (0.4) 0.929 million viewers

Impact Wrestling (0.4) 1.156 million viewers

Ice Cold Gold (0.3) 0.850 million viewers

Millionaire Matchmaker (0.3) 0.784 million viewers

Saint George (0.3) 0.721 million viewers
Anger Management (0.3) 0.678 million viewers

Party Down South: The After Party (0.3) 0.559 million viewers

[fridayteenage]

Resurrection looks to follow Agents of Shield some more - eps 2 & 3 had substantial drops, but ep 4 had a small one. Last night's 2.3 was the top scripted broadcast show, but only by a bit over the 2.1s from Family Guy/Once Upon a Time.
Sampling of other episode 4s: Following 2.4 (but it was a weird fluke and rebounded to 2.9 the next week, then 2.8); Sleepy Hollow 2.8, Agents of Shield 2.8, Under the Dome 2.7

Walking Dead finale got a 8.0. Slightly down from the series high, but still obviously dwarfing TV not called Sunday Night Football. The big 4 networks combined averaged a 6.5 last night.
I wonder if it'll manage a new high next season...

[dreeam]

Shameless S4 SHO1 9:03 PM 1758 0.8

pretty sure it had higher ratings on episodes 6 and 7 though?

[fridayteenage]

Amazing that HIMYM goes out with a series high yet NBC still wins the night by having the #2 and #3 shows.

I gotta feeling that CBS Monday comedies are going to be well stuck in 3rd next month.

[Lee!!]

Friday Broadcast Finals

NCAA Basketball: Tennessee/Michigan (2.3/9) 8.32 million viewers
NCAA Basketball: Kentucky/Louisville (3.6/12) 10.09 million viewers
-The final games should be even bigger

Last Man Standing (1.4/5) 6.47 million viewers
The Neighbors (1.1/4) 4.17 million viewers
Shark Tank (R) (1.3/4) 5.26 million viewers
20/20 (1.4/4) 7.27 million viewers
-LMS, Neighbors and 20/20 adjusted up

Dateline (1.5/5) 8.04 million viewers
Hannibal (1.0/3) 3.49 million viewers
-Dateline adjusted up, Hannibal down

Rake (0.4/1) 1.90 million viewers
Enlisted (0.4/1) 1.33 million viewers
Raising Hope (0.5/2) 1.53 million viewers
-Rakes final episodes being burned off this Saturday, RH finale this Friday

Whose Line is it Anyway (0.5/2) 1.83 million viewers
Whose Line is it Anyway (R) (0.5/2) 1.70 million viewers
Hart Of Dixie (0.3/1) 0.94 million viewers
-HoD adjusted down, Whose Line is doing well

[Lee!!]

Friday Cable Finals

NCAA Basketball: Connecticut/Iowa State (1.0) 3.105 million viewers
NCAA Basketball: Michigan State/Virginia (1.6) 5.086 million viewers

Friday Night Smackdown (0.8) 3.057 million viewers
Helix (Season Finale0 (0.4) 1.375 million viewers

Sons of Guns (0.6) 1.227 million viewers
Game of Stones (0.4) 0.962 million viewers

Cold Justice (0.3) 1.504 million viewers

Real Time with Bill Maher (0.3) 1.269 million viewers

MMA Live (0.3) 0.711 million viewers

[Lee!!]

Sunday Broadcast Finals

NCAA Basketball (4.7/18) 14.64 million viewers
60 Minutes (2.8/9) 14.30 million viewers
The Amazing Race (2.0/5) 9.51 million viewers
The Good Wife (1.8/4) 10.96 million viewers
The Mentalist (1.5/4) 8.72 million viewers
-Good Wife went up after killing off a major character, NCAA overrun gave the night a boost

America's Funniest Home Videos (1.3/4) 6.23 million viewers
Once Upon A Time (2.1/6) 6.64 million viewers
Resurrection (2.4/6) 8.39 million viewers
Revenge (1.4/4) 5.25 million viewers
-AFV and Resurrection adjusted up

The Voice (R) (0.6/2) 2.87 million viewers
American Dream Builders (0.8/2) 3.10 million viewers
Believe (1.1/3) 4.89 million viewers
Crisis (1.1/3) 4.34 million viewers
-Crisis adjusted up, whole night is a bust

Bob's Burgers (1.0/3) 2.26 million viewers
American Dad (1.4/4) 2.79 million viewers
The Simpsons (1.9/5) 3.91 million viewers
Family Guy (2.1/6) 4.17 million viewers
Cosmos (1.5/4) 3.91 million viewers
-Mixed bag

[Lee!!]

Sunday Cable Finals

The Walking Dead (Season Finale) (8.0) 15.678 million viewers
Talking Dead (Season Finale) (3.7) 7.335 million viewers
The Walking Dead (R) (1.4) 2.974 million viewers
Comic Book Men (Season Finale) (0.6) 1.111 million viewers

Real Housewives of Atlanta (1.7) 3.943 million viewers

Naked and Afraid (0.8) 2.081 million viewers

Shameless (0.8) 1.758 million viewers
House of Lies (0.4) 0.757 million viewers

Bar Rescue (0.8) 1.453 million viewers
Catch a Contractor (0.4) 0.767 million viewers

Total Divas (0.8) 1.546 million viewers
Eric & Jessie: Game On (0.5) 0.936 million viewers

Ax Men (0.8) 2.514 million viewers
No Mans Land (0.5) 1.520 million viewers

Food Court Wars (0.4) 0.948 million viewers
Chopped Tournament of Stars (0.6) 1.527 million viewers
Cutthroat Kitchen (0.6) 1.452 million viewers

Long Island Medium (0.5) 1.590 million viewers
Long Island Medium (0.6) 1.742 million viewers

Wicked Tuna (0.4) 1.032 million viewers

Drop Dead Diva (0.4) 1.247 million viewers