A much-hyped episode of THE BACHELOR tied 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). […]

The summer reality shows keep grinding away. NBC:  The live hour of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT had the highest number of the night with 2.2 (no bump from its pre-Olympics Wednesday), but it was sandwiched between a pair of 1.3 hours of reruns, so the network was in 2d for the night. FOX:  SO YOU THINK […]

  UPDATE:  There were no major changes in final Thursday box office figures.  FROZEN was even higher than the initial estimate at $9.1M, and ANCHORMAN 2 even steadier, down just 9% from Wednesday to $7.4M.  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET was slighty up at $6.6M, and so was AMERICAN HUSTLE at $6.4M.  THE SECRET LIFE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.1, down 0.6 from 2018’s Game 1.  In addition, IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA opening-night doubleheader was at 1.75 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.5.  In addition, 48 HOURS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports ruled Saturday cable, with ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game on top at […]

  Decent starts for some summer programming. 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 […]

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ordered a Season 2.  This is in keeping with renewals for Boss and Magic City after slow starts; the former didn’t […]

Note:  ABC numbers below inflated slightly by local NFL pre-emption in Jacksonville for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on NFL Network), and FOX numbers inflated slightly by local NFL pre-emption in Nashville. All networks could also be inflated by local news pre-emptions in Houston for weather/flooding coverage.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), […]