Monday ratings last night, last year and last week:

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SCANDAL, THE FOUR and GREAT NEWS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader had 2 of the night’s top 3 ratings at 0.64/0.46.  Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE returned […]

  Even The Voice lost momentum on a very blah night for network television. NBC:  THE VOICE tumbled 0.6 to 4.0, its lowest rating of the spring cycle.  After that, the final scheduled airing of READY FOR LOVE held even, for what it’s worth, at 1.2. CBS:  Both NCIS shows remained subpar, with the mothership […]

  The strategy of reducing AMERICAN IDOL to one night a week isn’t working out as planned. 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 […]

  NBC bid adieu for the season to its highest-rated show. NBC:  Despite speculation that the season’s finale of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL would be a bust with Tony Romo out due to injury, the game turned out to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller, and with Dallas and Philadelphia in a win-or-go-home game, NBC had a huge […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game stayed at 0.7 after adjustment.  Elsewhere, the CHICAGO PD rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN was firmly in control of Wednesday cable with […]

>CBS hit the jackpot last night with amazing ratings for The Grammy Awards, perfectly timed with an music icon’s death and the return of Adele’s voice.  Sports and live events continue to remain the point of relevance for the broadcast networks.                      Nightly Primetime Average Sunday […]

  Note that the WORLD SERIES rating below covers only the primetime portion of the longest game in postseason MLB history. 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) […]