Not a great night for CBS. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The final game of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up 0.03 to 5.1, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.2, up 0.6 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, both 60 MINUTES and CSI: CYBER lost 0.1 in final numbers.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC was king of Sunday […]

ABC won another night with the NBA Finals.  Game 3 (Miami beating Oklahoma City and taking a 2-1 lead in the series) averaged a 5.6 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm, although that number will rise to a 7 or more when the official nationals are released tomorrow morning.  For the entire evening (including […]

  Today’s announcement by NBC that GUYS WITH KIDS has received a 4-episode back order (making for a season total of 17 episodes) seems to require some note. In last night’s ratings, Guys had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s.  1.3!  The network is trying to spin this as admirable because it’s held steady with lousy […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.4/1.1/2.4.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY fell again to 0.1, although just on the edge of that drop.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at the top of Friday cable with 1.35 (for […]

>The official nationals for Monday show that ABC came down three tenths of a rating point, to a 2.9 Adult 18-49 rating for the evening, and NBC dropped two tenths of a rating point to a 1.2 rating.  Both adjustments are due to the local broadcast coverage of ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Now that the NFL Preseason adjustments are out of the way, here’s how the broadcast networks performed last night. NBC:  THE WALL fell 0.3 to 0.5, with the same rating for a 9PM rerun special.  The season finale of THE NIGHT SHIFT (which felt like it could double as a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DISNEY FAMILY SINGALONG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE premiered low at 0.05, with LAST WEEK TONIGHT down 0.02 to 0.23, INSECURE steady at 0.16, and RUN holding […]