NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the LETHAL WEAPON rerun gained 0.1, and IMAGINARY MARY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s reboot of FEAR FACTOR debuted at 0.47, significantly ahead of lead-in THE CHALLENGE, which was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.2, and FOX’s to 0.8.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, led by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.24, with its other games at 0.59/0.52/0.41, and Fox Sports 1’s game at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.5, up 0.09 from last week’s game.  SHARK TANK and NCIS: LA gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MADAM SECRETARY lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of AMC’s THE WALKING […]

And now, better late than never……. NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of 0.1 increases in final numbers, but not for either half-hour of MR. ROBINSON.  The bumps went to the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT clip show, LAST COMIC STANDING, BIG BROTHER, and MASTERCHEF.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY kept its hold on Wednesday cable, slipping 0.02 to […]

  An OK start for MAKING IT. 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 UPDATE:  Note that 20/20 is missing from the final nationals because it aired a special broadcast about the Paris attacks that didn’t include any commercials, and thus wasn’t covered by Nielsen.  (The same wasn’t true of the night’s DATELINE.)  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE and WORLD’S FUNNIEST each lost 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were football-related drops of 0.3 for the SVU rerun, 0.2 for the SWAT and GOOD PLACE reruns and 0.1 for BIG BROTHER and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s solo THURSDAY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM again led Thursday cable, up a tick to 0.59, with the series finale of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE down 0.03 to 0.15.  FX’s […]