A mostly steady night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follow […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments from the Friday preliminary ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery took Friday cable with 1.03 for GOLD RUSH, although that was down two-tenths from last week.  Lead-in GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT was at 0.39.  ESPN had the #2-3 slots with its […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB games adjusted up 0.1, and the GOD FRIENDED ME rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.02 to 0.62.  (We don’t cover theatrical movie airings here, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and THE $100,000 PYRAMID gained 0.1 in final numbers, while INSTINCT lost the same.  In addition, NBC’s NFL PRESEASON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.2 to 1.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy night on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the rerun of THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD again led Sunday cable, down 0.02 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.0 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another winning night for Adult Swim’s late-night line-up, which performed as follows:  SAMURAI JACK up 0.02 to 0.63, DRAGON BALL Z up 0.13 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both SCORPION and NCIS: LA gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC) was sure to take a hit without the monstrous lead-in that THE WALKING DEAD gave it on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for HOME ECONOMICS, CALL YOUR MOTHER, THE MASKED SINGER and the CHICAGO PD rerun         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.04 to 0.53.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING, no longer […]