The end of November sweeps passed uneventfully. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no joy for NBC in final Tuesday numbers, which remained as-is for the network’s line-up.  The DANCING WITH THE STARS cycle finale, however, gained 0.1, as did NCIS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NOTE:  Due to […]

Weekend #48 of 2014 is looking like $165 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 8% from the norm for Thanksgiving weekend but down a bigger 15% from the same weekend last year (when Frozen opened its long run). Opening at over 3,600 theaters Wednesday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening […]

  This is turning into a very bad week for NBC. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, there were a ton of changes from this morning’s numbers.  On NBC, THE VOICE lost 0.1 to 2.6, and STATE OF AFFAIRS dropped 0.2 to 1.5.  STATE has an excuse for last night, since live news coverage pushed the show by 20 minutes in part of the country and out […]

  Between football preemptions and live coverage of the events in Ferguson, last night’s ratings are subject to a great deal of adjustment this afternoon, and even then may not be very relevant in terms of regular-season standings. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS only adjusted up to 3.8 in final numbers, a hefty 0.7 below last year’s result.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.1, the strongest game in several weeks.  Elsewhere, with the night’s football overrun removed, 60 MINUTES slid 0.7 and MADAM SECRETARY fell 0.2, wihle THE SIMPSONS and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up 4 of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with telecasts ranging from 0.49 for the late afternoon game to 1.07 to the one that preceded it, while smaller-market […]