NETWORK FINALS:  That promising start for CW’s SUPERGIRL reruns wasn’t so promising after all, as the morning number for 9PM was apparently due to a local baseball preemption in Chicago, and the rating came down 0.2 in final numbers to a much more pedestrian 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  On ABC, the season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS fell 0.2 from preliminary numbers, but DANCEBATTLE AMERICA gained 0.1.  The AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR season finale also rose 0.1.  All of the CBS reruns were down:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION by 0.2, and THE ODD COUPLE and NCIS: LA by […]

  NETWORK UPDATE: SVU rose 0.1 in final numbers, although the CHICAGO FIRE rerun at 8PM lost 0.1.  Elsewhere, there were also 0.1 gains for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS, as well as for ARROW. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Neither of the night’s premieres even made it to our supplemental chart.  The first 2 hours of HBO’s J.K. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s coverage of the Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games naturally led Saturday cable at 3.26/2.99, with its sister networks airing the games featuring local team announcing […]

  The NFL DRAFT was the latest TV staple to slump. 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 Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   On ABC, there were 0.1 bumps for THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY, but NASHVILLE lost 0.1.  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1, but the CODE BLACK premiere dropped 0.1, obviously not a big shift, but not a good sign, either.  Both ROSEWOOD and EMPIRE climbed 0.1 at FOX.  CW’s IHEARTRADIO […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MY DIET IS BETTER THAN YOURS is certainly effective at losing weight, down 0.1 in final numbers to a skeletal 0.6.  THE BLACKLIST, however, gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The primetime part of TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable with 0.84 for the Clippers vs. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We’re continuing to provide our analysis of broadcast ratings in the Network Finals posts as Nielsen catches up. NBC:  THIS IS US, as expected, towered over the night, up 0.4 from last week to a series high 3.4. That huge lead-in made the 1.4 for the series premiere of TRIAL […]