NETWORK UPDATE:  CROSSBONES can’t seem to hold onto a 0.6 rating, as it dropped again to a timbers-shivering 0.5.  20/20 climbed 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  Syfy’s WWE led the cable evening, up 0.1 to 0.8 amid the many FAMILY GUY and ROBOT CHICKEN reruns.  Its leadout THE ALMIGHTY JOHNSONS held onto very little of that at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY and the reruns of the MACY’S JULY 4TH FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, MASTERCHEF, MOM, FAMILY FOOD FIGHT and REEF BREAK each dropped 0.1 in final numbers          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  July 4th events dominated holiday cable.  ESPN2’s GREAT AMERICAN EVENTS, […]

        NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s STILL STAR-CROSSED may soon have company on Saturdays, as SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a deadly 0.3.   In addition, WORLD OF DANCE and the rerun of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost 0.1.  And as expected, both CW reruns were adjusted for their NY preemption and dropped […]

  The networks continued to ease into holiday mode. 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 […]

>Last night, ABC had the relevant college football game, #7 Oregon convincingly upsetting #4 Stanford.  The game produced a 2.5 Adults 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, although that number should rise to close to a 3 rating when the official ratings correctly tabulate the Pacific time zone.  The ABC game is more than double […]

  NOTE: Season To Date and Weekly Network Ratings Charts Are Below Tonight is the last Monday of November sweeps, and with some variation (most notably because of baseball on FOX), most network series have been airing new episodes every week since the season began in late September–as many as 10 of the 22 episodes covered […]

> The third week of a network season is a critical one.  Ratings erosion after a series or season premiere is expected and even acceptable, because it’s understood that not every viewer drawn by hype and marketing will be a satisfied customer.  But a continued fall in Week 3 can be a sign of trouble, […]

  NOTE:  The CBS schedule will adjust in finals to reflect the fact that the NCAA TOURNAMENT ran about 13 minutes into primetime, pushing the rest of the line-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 […]