Last night in prime time, NBC averaged a preliminary 5.0 from 8-11 pm with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm.   The network has often thrown the 8 pm hour out of the nightly average (by delaying national commercials until 9:00).  If 8 pm is excluded, Saturday’s Olympic rating will be around a 6.0 — just […]

  A steady but little-watched 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After NCAA TOURNAMENT adjustment, 60 MINUTES reduced to 1.6, NCIS: LA lost 0.1 and MADAM SECRETARY dropped 0.2.  Elsewhere, SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD led Sunday cable once again, […]

  Halloween is a terrifying holiday for studios and theatre owners, because the young adult audience that both count on have better things to do that night–and it’s particularly bad when the holiday falls on a Friday, interfering with new openings.  As a result, hardly anyone dared premiere a new movie this weekend.  That turned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for CHICAGO MED and THE MASKED SINGER in final numbers, while CHICAGO PD and ALMOST FAMILY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES topped Wednesday cable at 0.54, down 0.02 from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD climbed 0.09 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour at 0.33.  (Note that while theatrical movie ratings only hit our chart when networks erroneously list them […]

> An off-night if you didn’t have Thrones in your title. HBO:  GAME OF THRONES, airing an episode that started with a gasp-inducing surprise death (one less potential king for Westeros), was the highest-rated show on cable TV Sunday night, even beating the NBA Playoffs on TNT (although Thrones was over when the Clippers launched […]

  Most shows bounced back from last week’s Halloween blues. 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). […]