GREAT NEWS had a moderately promising start. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MIDDLE, ROSEWOOD, ARROW and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers (in other words, every 8PM show except MYSTERIES OF LAURA), but SVU went 0.1 in the other direction. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL was dominant and up 0.01 from last week to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In the battle of COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, CBS’s LSU vs. Alabama match-up was dominant by far, adjusting up 0.2 to 3.6.  ABC’s Minnesota vs. Ohio State game held at 1.2, and FOX’s Utah vs. Washington game gained 0.1 from early numbers but was still way behind at 0.4.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted on Saturday morning, since all the networks were disrupted by the 9PM presidential address, we’ll look at the Friday ratings more closely today now that we have adjusted finals. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME (0.4), AGENTS OF SHIELD (0.5) and 20/20 (0.4) were all down 0.1 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale, BIG BROTHER and the FRESH OFF THE BOAT rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, BLINDSPOT fell the same, meaning that it retained just about 55% of its lead-in.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MISTRESSES lost the same (the former didn’t end until 10:01PM, which often causes a one-tenth shift in finals when the 10PM show is lower-rated).  In addition, SPARTAN lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  The lackluster finales continued. 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 the chart. […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday January 25, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]