LAST COMIC STANDING wasn’t quite as funny this week. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fell 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s DEADLIEST CATCH ruled Tuesday cable, up 0.14 to 1.00, and with its lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT at 0.49.  THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN) rose 0.08 to 0.89.  On Spike, INK MASTER and […]

  Perhaps yesterday’s lion-slaying story helped the animals-on-the-march thriller ZOO. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the AFTER THE ROSE post-show lost the same amount.  RUNNING WILD also declined by 0.1, as did PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA was very steady in its place at the top of […]

  THE BACHELORETTE had an impressive season finale party. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  One of the BOB’S BURGERS reruns lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As expected, E!’s I AM CAIT led Sunday cable, although at 1.15, it was only 0.06 higher than the season finale of KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS, and considering the months of hype that led up […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT climbed 0.2 in final numbers to 1.1.  However, the premiere of BOSTON EMS and the reruns of BATTLEBOTS and NCIS: LA each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top Saturday cable “original” actually doesn’t appear on the chart because technically it was a rerun, but as we’ve been reminded by […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY each lost 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A generally slow cable Friday put 4 Disney Channel shows into the top 10.  At the top, though, was Discovery, with ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE down 0.05 to 0.97 and TREASURE QUEST down a tenth […]