If ever there was an expedient excuse to cite the proverb "the more things change the more they stay the same," the broadcast networks’ 2019-2020 fall schedule is such an occasion now that the annual hoopla of the upfronts are over. Gotham is gone on Fox, but Gotham City is swinging back to the small screen with the…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Blue Bloods Season 9 finale. "It's a wonderful experience to have a long run at a character where you're allowed to do a character-driven show, and I think that's why we're all so hooked into it," says Tom Selleck on why he thinks that Blue Bloods is so…

Strong performances from CBS scripted dramas Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-0 led the eye network to an overall victory in the Friday night ratings wars. While CBS 8 PM opening act MacGyver fell short of topping its hour (Fox’s Last Man Standing claimed that crown), the show did hold its previous 0.6, and then CBS came…

CBS has renewed another stalwart crime procedural drama for next season. The network has given a Season 10 pickup to Blue Bloods with star Tom Selleck signing a new one-year deal to return for the 2019-2020 broadcast season. The series, from CBS TV Studios, will celebrate its 200th episode when the show premieres in…

CBS came out on top in the Friday ratings race, with MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods all scoring big numbers, helping the network to an easy victory on the night. Starting at 8 PM, MacGyver (O.8/4 in demographics, 6.47 million viewers) got the night rolling, its episode up one-tenth of a point among 18-49…

Fox’s Last Man Standing (1.1 rating in adults 18-49 demo, 5.95 million viewers in Live+same day) was again Friday’s top-rated show in primetime among adults 18-49, despite slipping a tenth to a season low.  Meanwhile, CBS’ Blue Bloods (0.9, 8.56M) — the night’s most-watched show and hitting a demo season high — and Haw…

Fox continued on its post-World Series roll in Friday primetime, with its Last Man Standing once again the highest-rated 18-49 ratings/share of the night. But CBS again was the network sitting on top of the network cake. At 8 PM, Fox’s Last Man Standing scored a 1.3/6 ratings/share, and 6.33 million total viewers, a…

Fox’s Last Man Standing was the big demo winner in the network’s return from World Series coverage, scoring a 1.1/5 in ratings/share and six million viewers. The bad news is both were down from previous weeks, but still enough to lead the night. The strong beginning at 8 PM saw The Cool Kids (4.23 million viewers and…

Fox's Last Man Standing (1.2, 6.20M) held demo lead for the night while CBS's Blue Bloods (0.8, 8.34M) towers in total viewers. CBS’s 10 PM drama retained 100% of its week to weeks stats and beat its combined competition by 25%, while also taking the hour in the demo. Earlier, CBS’s 8 PM MacGyver (0.7, 6.09M) and 9 PM…

After its strong Live+same day premiere, Fox’s Last Man Standing revival continued its impressive ratings performance in delayed viewing, posting the largest absolute adults 18-49 gain in Live+3, 0.7 rating (+39%), to rise from 1.8 to a 2.5 demo rating. With the bump, the Season 7 premiere of Last Man Standing tied…

Snapshot: New-ish series premiere: Fox's Last Man Standing (1.8 in 18-49 Live+Same Day rating, 8.0 million viewers), Fox’s Cool Kids (1.5, 6.8 million) Between the two revivals this fall — of a comedy with a liberal central character and tone, the Trump-bashing Murphy Brown, and a conservative one, Last Man Standing,…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about tonight’s Blue Bloods Season 9 premiere on CBS. In a bloody season opener tonight bookended by murdered headless bodies, the return of Blue Bloods also cut deeper into what really happened in the abrupt death of Amy Carlson's character last year. “First your house burns…