A slow Memorial Day evening for the networks. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the night’s big show with a 2.7, and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR won the rest of the night with 2.0, but both were down 0.4 from the previous week.  In the battle of reruns at 10PM, GRIMM was in 2d place […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDBERGS, LETHAL WEAPON and SPEECHLESS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE topped Wednesday cable, up 0.13 to 0.81, with lead-out BERING SEA GOLD up 0.05 to 0.46.  A pair of ESPN COLLEGE […]

Weekend #1 of 2015 is looking like $133 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up +12% from the norm for this weekend and up +4% from the same weekend last year.   Opening at 2,602 theaters Friday (somewhat below the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), The Woman in Black 2 from Relativity […]

The Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday June 30 nationals available Wednesday July 5 at 7 am Saturday July 1 nationals (cable only) available […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.03 to 0.60, but 20/20 fell 0.18 to 0.31. CBS:  Back from a rerun week,  SWAT rose 0.03 to 0.49, MAGNUM PI held at 0.43, and BLUE BLOODS was steady at 0.46. NBC:  HOME SWEET HOME climbed 0.05 to 0.21, and DATELINE was up 0.05 to 0.38. FOX:  […]

  A low return for THE VOICE. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.6, down a big 1.8 from 2018’s Game 3.  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THE CMT MUSIC AWARDS aired on multiple Viacom networks:  […]

>Now that most new fall shows have premiered on the broadcast networks and viewing patterns are settling in, we will turn our attention from daily ratings analysis and focus on what the networks are promoting on their own air. What shows are being abandoned?  What shows are getting the on-air promo love?  Like we did […]