NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RUNNING WILD and CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of baseball’s HOME RUN DERBY easily won the night at 2.54, and was up a healthy 0.42 over last year.  See Mitch Metcalf’s in-depth analysis of the Derby ratings here.  Related […]

  Night 9 of the OLYMPICS is typically steady (aside from a big bump in Beijing), and that was true this year as well.  (NOTE: Local preseason NFL preemptions may shift ratings when final numbers are released on Tuesday.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics […]

Ugliness in almost all directions. NBC:  THE VOICE had by far its worst regular outing of the season at 3.0, down 0.8 from 2 weeks ago (Election Night preempted all of primetime last week) and tying a clip show that aired on Oct 2.  The “good” news for NBC was that despite the Voice’s tailspin […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.9 to 8.5.  On CBS, where the schedule slid 50 minutes due to afternoon football overrun, BIG BROTHER gained 0.3 to 2.5.  The MISS AMERICA PAGEANT grew 0.2 to 1.7, and the COUNTDOWN special that preceded it was up 0.1 to 0.7. THE STRAIN (FX) topped SUNDAY CABLE, […]

Game 3 of the World Series on Friday 10.28.2016 averaged just under 19.4 million persons 2+ live+same day and a stellar 5.2 persons 18-49 rating, well above the Game 3 average since 2006 (13.2 million P2+ and a 3.7 P18-49 rating) and a new high for Game 3 since 2006. This brings the average of Games […]

Last night’s TNT premiere of Dallas was watched by more viewers than any show on network television. FOX:  One broadcast network did manage to win the night in 18-49s, thanks to So You Think You Can Dance and its 2.4,  just slightly down from last week. ABC:  DUETS is relocated to Wednesdays for 2 weeks […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (MAN WITH A PLAN’s premiere stayed as-is, even to the next digit, as its final was 1.60.)  Things are starting to get ugly at TIMELESS, where an adjustment lowered the rating by 0.1 to a new low 1.3, barely ahead of […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  NBC moved into a virtual first-place tie with FOX this past week, thanks to NBC News coverage of the Boston Bomber apprehension Friday night.  For the week, NBC was up 19% over the same week […]