NETWORK UPDATE:  Due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Saturday’s final numbers rather than Sunday’s preliminaries.  On NBC, as expected the HANNIBAL finale lost most of its initial gain, but it did edge up 0.1 to 0.3, after 0.4 for an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun.  The NFL PRESEASON game on CBS (Seattle vs. […]

>NBC Monday fast national ratings for The Sing-Off and Rock Center will be inflated by one or two tenths because Minneapolis affiliate KARE will be carrying the Monday Night Football game locally (Vikings at Packers).  Minneapolis-St Paul is market #15, with 1.5% of the TV population.  Rock Center might see a real bump in ratings […]

        CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD and THE MICK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IZOMBIE and 48 HOURS: NCIS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NatGeo’s much-hyped GENIUS debuted at 0.23, skewing very old with a 0.95 score in […]

  SUNDAY UPDATE:  In final FINAL numbers, THE ACADEMY AWARDS gained an extra 0.2 to 13.1, which although tiny as a percentage of total rating, was gratifying to the Academy and ABC, because it pushed the telecast 0.1 above last year’s Seth MacFarlane-hosted show in 18-49s (it was already comfortably up in older-skewing total viewers).  […]

  Goodbye, I FEEL BAD. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 chart. […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  For the third consecutive night, all the broadcast networks were beaten by cable in the 10PM hour.  On Monday it was ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, on Tuesday FX won with SONS OF ANARCHY, and last night broadcast was actually in third place, behind 3.2 for DUCK DYNASTY on A&E and 3.0 for […]

  An OK start for MAKING IT. 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 […]

  A low season exit for HAWAII 5-0. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]