ABC:  On another dull summer Friday, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 each fell 0.1 to twin 0.9s, after 0.7 for a SHARK TANK rerun. NBC:  Following 0.7 for an AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun, DATELINE dropped 0.2 to 0.9. CW:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION and THE MESSENGERS were steady at 0.3/0.2, with a WHOSE LINE […]

  Nothing on network TV even managed a 1.0 rating. 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 […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NCAA TOURNAMENT was predictably at the top of Saturday’s cable ratings, with TBS scoring 4.89 with the Kentucky vs. Notre Dame game, and 2.63 for Wisconsin vs. Arizona.  Nothing else was remotely close, but […]

  Only the return of football livened things up. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was the not atypical 0.1 shift in CBS’s 8PM hour, as BIG BANG THEORY gained the fraction and LIFE IN PIECES lost it.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  At this point, the REPUBLICAN DEBATES […]

  Little competition for an NFL PRESEASON game, and several of the other preliminary numbers below may be adjusted down on Monday for local NFL preemptions. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39.  Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE and AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s American League MLB PLAYOFFS took the night at 1.35, while ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.37.  Discovery had 3 shows in the Top 10, witgh GOLD RUSH […]