NETWORK UPDATE:  BLINDSPOT and FREQUENCY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, NBC’s post-Debate Analysis half-hour climbed 0.3 after adjustment, and both ABC and CBS gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ratings followed form, in that CNN led […]

  America’s Got Talent continued to dominate Tuesdays, doubling the next highest rating on the night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT climbed an impressive 0.3 from last week to 2.8, and in the 10PM hour it more than tripled the next closest rating.  An 8PM rerun of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT had a 1.0. FOX:  SO YOU […]

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 no relief for NBC in final ratings, which didn’t budge any of the network’s shows as much as 0.1.  In fact, the night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 drop for BACKSTROM. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): […]

  OSCARS UPDATE:  The shortfall for last night’s ACADEMY AWARDS presentation was even worse in time zone-adjusted numbers, with the ceremony only up to 10.8, down 2.3 points from 2014.  Although a lot of the fault has to do with the arthouse nature of the major nominees, it’ll be interesting to see if the Academy and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Both ZOO and the NCIS rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.  In ZOO’s case, it settled at a 0.8 at 9:45PM and stayed that way for the rest of the broadcast.  CONTAINMENT, though, managed to stretch to a rounded-up 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have inflated the initial ratings.  Elsewhere, the changes were all in reruns:  an extra 0.1 for […]

  BIG BROTHER outrated preseason NFL football. 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 analysis and […]