NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s original film THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS premiered at a lackluster 0.22. The NBA PLAYOFFS and related programming owned the Top 5 slots on […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments from preliminary ratings for Saturday’s network shows. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports ruled Saturday cable, with ESPN’s NCAA BASKETBALL coverage in the lead at 1.08/0.87 (plus early afternoon games at 0.39/0.32), Fox Sports […]

  CW’s fall schedule is in place. 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 follows the chart. […]

  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 […]

  NETWORK RATINGS:  The NFL exhibition HALL OF FAME GAME adjusted up to 3.6 in final numbers (and as expected, the MR. ROBINSON reruns fell to twin 0.6s).  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, while the CSI: CYBER rerun dropped 0.1.  Both BOB’S BURGERS reruns went up by 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of TRUE DETECTIVE, for […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN simulcast the other Saturday NFL WILD CARD game with ABC, and the ESPN piece of it was at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.9, and FOX’s game reduced to 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL games in the Saturday cable Top 10, at 0.97/0.34/0.27, and ESPN2 had a game in the #12 slot […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CONTAINMENT fell 0.1 in final numbers, which puts it already at the IZOMBIE level, and THE FLASH gained the same.  Also up 0.1:  NCIS and the FRESH OFF THE BOAT rerun.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The premiere of AMC’s THE […]