NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.8.  In addition, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, but SUPERNATURAL, THE GREAT INDOORS and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW fell the same.   Except with respect to some programming on HGTV, Food Network and POP, all cable comparisons are to 2 weeks […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning preliminary numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.86/0.64.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK gained 0.03 to 0.50, and CRANK YANKERS was steady at 0.21.  The season finale of […]

        NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s STILL STAR-CROSSED may soon have company on Saturdays, as SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a deadly 0.3.   In addition, WORLD OF DANCE and the rerun of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost 0.1.  And as expected, both CW reruns were adjusted for their NY preemption and dropped […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A holiday gift for our readers:  we are now able to provide final broadcast network ratings to the hundredths of a point.  We’ll alter the way we report adjustments from morning numbers (still in tenths) by noting that a show is “up” if its final number would round up to […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 but SHARK TANK and the rerun of THE ORIGINALS lost the same in final numbers.  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.5/1.8/1.8 over network primetime, from the preliminary 1.4/2.2/1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT continued to dominate cable […]

  EMPIRE dominated a night with many reruns. 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 […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NOTE:  Due to Nielsen’s sometimes arcane coding of special programming, the chart below will need to be revised, as several of TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND shows, which were actually among the top-rated telecasts of the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 0.74/0.69.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW dropped 0.09 to 0.65.  On History, VIKINGS gained 0.02 to 0.54, and KNIGHTFALL ticked down to 0.23.  […]