The Sunday debut of this season of Big Brother (2.2/7) was the highest rated show of last night. The second episode of the reality show's new 14th season, last night's 8 PM show was down from Thursday's 2.6/8 season premiere. After a repeat of America's Funniest Home Videos (1.2/4), ABC had Secret Millionaire (1.5/5)…

There wasn't a lot new on television Sunday night and no new drama. ABC had Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) at 8 PM, which was up 25% compared with last week. That was followed by a two-hour Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4) which was also up 25% from the previous week. NBC had a new Dateline (1.1/4) at 7 PM…

It was all Olympics all night Sunday and NBC earned a gold. The live athletics started off with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Track and Field Finals (1.4/5) at 7 PM, which was down 7% from the track and field trials on July 6, 2008. Then it was the Swimming Finals (2.1/7), which was up 5% from the July 6, 2008…

It wasn’t the NBA Finals or golf’s U.S. Open, but there was world-class sports in primetime on Sunday. NBC had the second day of the U.S. Olympic Trials: Track & Field (1.2/4) from Eugene, Ore.’s Hayward Field. Though they pulled in 4.5 million viewers overall, this year's Sunday night trials were down 20% from 2008’s…

There is not much to say when a repeat tops the primetime ratings for the broadcast networks. That was the case last night when a rerun of Fox’s Family Guy (1.6/4) finished the night as No. 1 among adults 18-49, edging ABC's originals Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4), which…

ABC's dual premieres and the Miss USA pageant all took a hit Sunday night. The 8 PM Season 3 debut of Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) on ABC was down 56% from last year's in-season premiere. The two-hour Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4) that followed at 9 PM shed 32% from its June 6, 2011 debut. NBC had an Adel…

What do American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, Survivor, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, Hell’s Kitchen, Big Brother, So You Think You Can Dance, America’s Got Talent and Wipeout have in common? They are broadcast TV’s biggest reality franchises of the past decade. And they all launched in the summer. Summer used to be…

With President Obama’s speech on the debt negotiations (or lack thereof) and House Speaker John Boehner’s response taking up most of the 9-9:30 PM half-hour on the East Coast, fast nationals are approximate. From 8-9 PM, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen (2.5/8) ran uninterrupted and was even with last week to once again rank as…

It is probably appropriate that on a night dominated by reruns we had an almost complete ratings repeat from last Monday. The move of MasterChef to 9 PM continues to pay dividends for Fox. For a second consecutive week, the cooking show (2.2/6 in adults 18-49) grew, this time by 10%. And for the first time, it ranked…

After MasterChef‘s soft premiere at 8 PM last Monday, Fox moved the cooking series to 9 PM. The move resulted in an 11% improvement last night, when MasterChef drew a 2.0/5 among adults 18-49 in its new berth. (Fox aired a MasterChef rerun at 8 PM, which posted a 1.3/4.) ABC’s The Bachelorette (2.4/7) and Extreme Makeo…

ABC dominated every half-hour of primetime last night with The Bachelorette (2.6/8), up 18% from last Monday, which was Memorial Day, and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (2.2/8), down 8% from its Memorial Day premiere. ABC won the night in both adults 18-49 (2.4/7) and total viewers (7.2 million). The season…

As the only network with an all-original lineup, ABC easily won Monday in adults 18-49 (2.2/6) and total viewers (7.1 million). Moving to its regular 8-10 PM time slot, The Bachelorette (2.1/6) was down 23% from its premiere behind the Dancing With the Stars performance finale last Monday. At 10 PM, the latest Extreme…