NOTE:  Nielsen is slowly grinding its way back up to date, and as of late Wednesday morning PT we don’t yet have Saturday network finals, nor do we have any Saturday cable ratings beyond the Top 150 (which means that for now we don’t have the full Adult Swim line-up, among others). […]

  A few small upticks on a quiet night.  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:  There were quite a few 0.1 declines in final ratings, with FRESH OFF THE BOAT, NCIS, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, NEW GIRL and TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS all taking the hit.  Only THE VOICE gained 0.1 from this morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With New York’s baseball game removed from the CW ratings, both THE ORIGINALS and JANE THE VIRGIN fell 0.2 to twin 0.4s.  On NBC, THE VOICE gained 0.1 and THE NIGHT SHIFT fell by the same amount.  In addition, DANCING WITH THE STARS rose 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY each rose 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Round 2 of the NBA PLAYOFFS was on TNT, and they were the top 2 shows of the night at 1.93/1.80.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA lost 0.23 to 1.41, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out was at 0.98, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After time-zone adjustment, FOX’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 13.4, down 2 points from last year’s primetime game, and THE RESIDENT adjusted to 2.6.  Elsewhere, the 10PM SHARK TANK lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a night […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 8.2 in final numbers, considerably better than last week’s 6.9.  Elsewhere, 60 MINUTES, MADAM SECRETARY and THE GOOD WIFE each received a 0.1 bump (and an episode of CSI: CYBER that didn’t start until 10:59PM in most of the country was at 0.7).  On FOX, the […]

  Just about everything took the expected Week 2 dip. 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 […]