BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was steady at 0.44, SUPERMARKET SWEEP held at 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.02 to 0.30. CBS: The network again lacked the late national NFL game. 60 MINUTES rose 0.04 to 0.64, THE EQUALIZER slipped 0.02 to 0.57, […]
The 2nd MISS UNIVERSE of 2017 continued the pageant’s downward trend. 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). […]
The rollout of pre-premiere week arrivals continued. CBS: The fall premiere of SURVIVOR was a heavy 0.6 below last September’s debut, 2.6 compared to 3.2. However, on the glass half-full side, it was 0.2 above the show’s 2.4 spring premiere. The BIG BROTHER season finale was fairly steady at 2.4, down just 0.1 from last year. NBC: The […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: A night of reruns at 0.46/0.39 for holiday specials, 0.28/0.21 for sitcoms, and 0.17 for THE CHASE. CBS: SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.91, TOUGH AS NAILS was steady at 0.38, and the season finale of CSI: VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.37. NBC: The CHICAGO shows aired fresh episodes for the […]
CW’s experiment with historical romance didn’t get off to a great start. CW: An 0.8 isn’t a terrible number for CW, so if REIGN can manage to hold there, it has a chance. But its debut was 0.2 below the launch of The Originals, and a big 0.4 under last year’s premiere of Beauty & […]
BROADCAST FINALS: Naturally the day and night were dominated by ABC’s NFL games (branded as “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” despite the calendar) at 2.65/3.19. The other networks mostly featured reruns, although CW’s originals returned at 0.09/0.06. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On ESPN, the NFL games were at 1.98/1.81. Hallmark’s […]
CW: The premiere of the final season of NIKITA may make CW wonder why it bothered, with a virtually invisible 0.2. That was even worse than the 0.3 for THE CARRIE DIARIES, even with last week. NBC: After more than a week of JFK specials, those interested had likely been sated elsewhere, as WHERE WERE […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64. ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41. QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS: SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47. Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC: The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]