BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.31/0.38/0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24/0.15/0.16. NBC:  After a NEWS SPECIAL at 0.09, reruns at 0.08/0.20. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.23. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.05/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  A movie at 0.11. UNIVISION:  SE RENTAN CUARTOS at 0.16/0.14.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was season finale night, and the line-up fared as follows:  THE GOLDBERGS at 0.39 (down 0.03 from last week and down 0.19 from last season), THE WONDER YEARS at 0.33 (up 0.03 from last week), THE CONNERS at 0.42 (up a tick from last week and down 0.14 from 2021), […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.06 to 0.45, and 20/20 was down 0.02 to 0.29. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, SWAT rose 0.09 to 0.52, FIRE COUNTRY edged up 0.02 to 0.44, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.07 to 0.42. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.04 to 0.30, and YOUNG ROCK was […]

  Just one day left in the year–and 4 days till real network TV returns. 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 […]

Fast nationals for Saturday 3.11.2017 will be delayed a few hours because of the switch to Daylight Saving Time from Standard Time.  This is normal as Nielsen takes extra steps to validate the ratings and program lineups, which rely on thousands of clocks at networks, cable systems, television sets, cable and satellite boxes and viewing […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER and MOTIVE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  WE’s entry into original scripted programming wasn’t very auspicious, with a 0.07 rating for the debut of THE DIVIDE.  (It went up to 0.1 with additional runs, and in the network’s core audience of Women 50+, it was all the […]

  Are Americans tired of superhero movies?  There were whispers to that effect after The Avengers: Age of Ultron underperformed a bit and Fantastic Four outright flopped last year, but clearly the answer is Hell, No.  DEADPOOL (Marvel/20th) puts a new R-rated satiric spin on the genre (very carefully:  its jokes are aimed at Fox’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ABC COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.1, and FOX’s went to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All but one of Saturday’s Top 10 were COLLEGE FOOTBALL-related, with ESPN’s primetime game the leader by far at 2.77 (the evening’s earlier game was at 1.11, and […]