A very big night for The Blacklist, although we won’t know just how big until this afternoon. NBC:  Last night’s preliminary numbers are probably inflated by the local New Orleans station’s coverage of NFL Football.  But even if the fall finale of THE BLACKLIST comes down from its current 3.5 (which is up half […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Business Channel’s REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE won the night, but at 1.85 it wasn’t quite as mighty as previous installments of the continuing soap.  In fact, with 18-34s and […]

  All the non-Debate programming was quite steady. 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 […]

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). ###

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an extra 0.1 for THE GOOD WIFE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, ONCE UPON A TIME and 60 MINUTES in final numbers.  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.7, 0.4 below the final for last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE and the rerun of SUPERGIRL each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME was up 0.68 from 2017 to 8.68; the network also aired the game on several […]

  No one at CBS misses MADE IN JERSEY. CBS:  Without Jersey breaking up the night, both CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS were up by 0.2 to 1.4, giving the latter a tie for the 10PM lead.  Even the NCIS rerun at 8PM managed a 1.2, higher than new episodes of Jersey had been doing. NBC:  Perhaps dented a bit by the stronger CBS competition, GRIMM was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The broadcast network ratings remained unchanged from those reported on Saturday morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, down 0.6 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was #2, down […]