NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning with the Monday cable post this afternoon, and for the rest of the week, charts will be posted as usual, but text (and responses to Comments) will be much delayed if they appear at all, due to our Sundance coverage. NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 1.2.  […]

On the last night affected by a Presidential Debate this election cycle, NBC stayed on top with a 3.8 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49.  (The night featured 90 minutes of commercially-rated programming: an hour of The Voice and a half hour at 10:30 of debate analysis from NBC News.)  FOX should come in second place with Game […]

  NOTE:  Due to last week’s Presidential Address, comparisons are to the most recent original episodes. 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 […]

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest.  If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know.  Some analysis and context follow the chart. Several networks took the Sunday of Labor Day weekend off, notably HBO, […]

  This was the first Wednesday in a while not to feature special circumstances (World Series games, the CMAs), and things returned pretty much to normal. ABC:  All the network’s shows were within 0.1 of their last regular airings.  THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 to 2.3, BACK IN THE GAME was similarly up to 1.8, MODERN […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.11 to 0.63, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.38, NCIS slipped 0.03 to 0.41, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to 0.33. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.64, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB BASEBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC coverage led Saturday cable at 0.35/0.15, and an afternoon WNBA game was at 0.13.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON BALL at 0.07/211K […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and both THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and BLUE BLOODS fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery was at the top of Friday cable with GOLD RUSH, down a tick to 1.06, and lead-out THE WHEEL […]