BIG BROTHER’s 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 the […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): A&E’s premiere of THE RETURNED was at 0.58, following the season premiere of BATES MOTEL, which at 0.92 was 0.34 below last March’s premiere, but up a hundredth from the May 2014 season finale.  Earlier in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage actually dropped 0.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the HAWAII 5-0 rerun gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBA ALL-STAR weekend began on ESPN, where a special topped Friday cable at 0.79 (TOP RANK BOXING picked up […]

  A lead-in from THE VOICE always helps. 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 […]

  THE EMMYS held its early number. 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 follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for AMERICAN IDOL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  That wacky reality series we call the REPUBLICAN DEBATES continued to score big, this time giving a 3.62 rating to Fox News […]

  The strategy of previewing sitcoms behind THE VOICE continues to work for NBC. 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 […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The ABC line-up suffered in final numbers, with 500 QUESTIONS down 0.1 and both FRESH OFF THE BOAT reruns down 0.2.  The NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and THE FLASH reruns also lost 0.1.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, on the other hand, went up 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]