NETWORK FINALS: In the kind of blanket adjustment that sometimes means a sports preemption, all of ABC’s shows except THE LAST DEFENSE lost 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Game 2 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.71, roughly the same as Game 1. CBS: Reruns at 0.38/0.22/0.21/0.22. NBC: Reruns at 0.12/0.25 were followed by a JURASSIC WORLD tie-in special at 0.28. FOX: Preceded by reruns at 0.13/0.20/0.18, new DUNCANVILLE episodes were at 0.13/0.12. CW: The broadcast feed of the […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.47/0.50/0.42. CBS: Reruns at 0.36/0.32/0.24/0.25. NBC: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR ticked up to 0.39, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.03 to 0.35. FOX: DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS ticked down to 0.30, and BEAT SHAZAM ticked up to 0.34. CW: ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO ticked down to 0.05, and IN THE DARK […]
Wasting no time, NBC has already issued the promo for its fall Monday 10PM drama THE BLACKLIST: At first glance, it appears to be a mash-up of 24 and Silence of the Lambs, with James Spader as the show’s ersatz Hannibal Lecter, with his own Clarice Starling-ish inexperienced FBI agent as his confidante (there’s […]
ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format. It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million). The younger demos (adults 18-49 and men 18-49) were only the best since 2013, but those […]
A good night for ABC. 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 follow the […]
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). ###
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Garth Brooks. CBS: On an otherwise weak night, GARTH BROOKS: LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS towered over everything else at 1.8, better than anything CBS has run all fall in the 9-11PM Friday slot. It was particularly impressive because the special got no lead-in at all from two rerun holiday specials, […]