Not a good night for anyone. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM episode of TRIAL & ERROR and theYOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, CW must have had major market baseball preemptions, because the reruns of both BURDEN OF TRUTH and BLACK LIGHTNING were down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but EXTANT fell 0.1 to a dangerously low 0.6.  The first half-hour of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW also dropped 0.1, while LAST COMIC STANDING gained the same.  On ABC, the season finale of CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP picked up 0.1, while the rerun of THE MIDDLE lost the same.  CABLE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and A WICKED OFFER lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Donald Trump Show came to CNN, and the network basked in his ratings glow, with a massive 4.94 in 18-49s (and […]

  Viewers weren’t roused by arrivals or finales. 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 follows the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Because of the many NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals rather than this morning’s preliminary numbers.  ABC:  after an 0.5 BEYOND THE TANK rerun (down 0.3 from last week’s), the season finale of MISTRESSES was down 0.2up 0.1 to 0.6, and the season finale of ROOKIE BLUE was up 0.2 to 0.7.  CBS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  POWERLESS, CHICAGO MED, THE GREAT INDOORS and MOM all lost 0.1 in final numbers, while RIVERDALE just barely gained the same (it ended up at 0.46).       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for basketball, with games in […]

  A bad night for THE VOICE. 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 […]