NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 8.7, up 0.7 from last week.  In addition, BLOOD & OIL gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did THE SIMPSONS and 60 MINUTES, but MADAM SECRETARY went down the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a very busy night, AMC’s […]

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 […]

  The WORLD SERIES didn’t disrupt the other networks very much. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie MOANA at 0.33, THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.07 to 0.55, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.08 to 0.44.  Reruns followed at 0.30/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST, not facing AMERICAN IDOL, gained 0.05 to 0.33.  An out-of-timeslot […]

  OLYMPICS Night 10 followed pattern with a drop from Sunday. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Wednesday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE was at the top of Wednesday cable, up a tick to 0.52.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s HANNITY (which featured a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and DEPUTY each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games continued their holiday reign at 1.07/0.35.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER popped its way to a 0.08 gain at […]

You can’t go wrong with football. FOX:  Most of the major college bowl games have migrated to ESPN, but the COTTON BOWL remains on broadcast (for now), and gave FOX an easy win for the night, with a preliminary 3.1 rating in 18-49s that’s solidly higher than last year’s 2.5 for the game. ABC:  All […]