NETWORK FINALS:  There were a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.36 compared to last week’s 0.51/0.38, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH was steady at 0.16.  ESPN’s NBA […]

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 7-13, 2013), CBS pulled into first place with a preliminary 3.18 adult 18-49 rating, doubling last week’s 1.58 rating.  Two hours this week were unusual, non-recurring events (NFL playoff overrun on Saturday from 8-9 pm and Sunday 7-8 pm, at an 11.6 and 12.4 adjusted fast national […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie BRAVE at 0.33 was followed by a rerun of THE CHASE at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.25/0.23. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.47, up a tick from the 2021 premiere.  The season premiere of WEAKEST LINK was at 0.35. FOX:  DON’T […]

> Transformers: Dark of the Moon debuts on the Worldwide Ranking chart at #3, probably destined to hit #2 in a few weeks (between Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Fast Five). Read more and see the updated Top 20 chart by clicking below. Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2 continue […]

>This past week in cable, ESPN’s Monday Night Football drifted down to a 4.9 rating with Adults 18-49, still the highest-rated cable program by far.  NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football rose to a 2.9 rating. AMC’s Walking Dead continues to soften but remains the top-rated scripted series on cable.  About one rating point behind Walking […]

  SUPERSTORE opened for business–but we don’t really know yet how well it sold. 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 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.49, down 0.15 from last Tuesday.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY fell 0.16 to 0.41, and BLACK-ISH was down 0.11 to 0.30.  The season finale of QUEENS lost 0.03 to 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.31/0.25. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.54, down 61% from the parallel night in […]