BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.48/0.39/0.34. CBS: A run of the movie MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION at 0.25. NBC: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rose 0.13 to 0.43, and WEAKEST LINK was at 0.24. FOX: STARS ON MARS premiered at 0.24, and the season premiere of CRIME SCENE KITCHEN was at 0.24, down four-tenths from its […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.2 in final numbers, while MASTERCHEF and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1. (The NINJA WARRIOR clip show, however, lost 0.1.) MONDAY CABLE: It was ESPN’s turn for the NBA PLAYOFFS, and the network was tops by far with 2.8, while NBC Sports Network’s NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.7. […]
NETWORK UPDATE: ROOKIE BLUE gained 0.1 to avoid a series low. The rest of the news was bad: HELL’S KITCHEN, GANG RELATED, and all the new episodes of UNDATEABLE were down 0.1 from preliminary ratings. THURSDAY CABLE: On a night that didn’t feature much new original programming, Adult Swim’s LOITER SQUAD led the evening […]
Even football was subdued on a very quiet night. CBS: A blowout win by Atlanta over Tampa Bay tested even NFL fans, as THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL crashed by 2.2 from last week to a 3.3 preliminary rating. That will go up in final numbers, but not enough to make up the difference. NBC: THE […]
Football helped all FOX’s shows… except one. 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 […]
NBC: CONSTANTINE, while still last in the 10PM timeslot, showed some life by rising 0.3 from last week to 1.1, outpacing its lead-in GRIMM, which rose 0.1 to 1.3. The night started with DATELINE, steady at 1.5. ABC: LAST MAN STANDING and CRISTELA both fell from last week, MAN by 0.2 to 1.3 and […]
Wrong direction. 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 follow the chart. NBC: ONE […]
THE NIGHT SHIFT had an unusually perky night. In addition, note that in the post-midnight realm, LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN had a solid start with older audiences, premiering at 1.4 in total households, ahead of the 1.2 for LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS. In 18-49s, though, Meyers was ahead of Corden, 0.5 […]