THE CARMICHAEL SHOW had an OK debut. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 11 and Sunday January 12, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL Playoffs: Divisional Weekend Saturday 19.5 rating FOX 4:30 NFC New Orleans-Seattle (+4% from 18.7 for […]

      NOTE:  Charts will be updated later today. NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Chart to be posted shortly.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another NBA night, with TNT’s tripleheader at 0.71/0.42/0.24.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  CHICAGO PD held its 2.0 rating in final numbers, and remained stable through the hour, which is a good sign for the show.  REVOLUTION, though, sank 0.1 to 1.5, just barely over its series low, and the 10:30PM SUPER FUN NIGHT also lost 0.1 to 1.7.  The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS gained 0.1 […]

NBC had a terrific first night of The Voice and Revolution combo.  In its second Monday this season, The Voice perked up to a 4.6 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-10 pm, up from a 4.2 last Monday.  There seemed to be a lot of radio advertising over the weekend and all day yesterday driving tune in to this night, and […]

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. THE GOLDBERGS:  Tuesday 9PM on ABC – Change the Channel THE GOLDBERGS is startlingly bad.  ABC’s most highly-touted new sitcom of the fall is inspired by series creator Adam F. Goldberg’s memories of growing up in the 1980s, and fragments of his own home videotapes at the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gamed 0.1 in final numbers, while the TEEN CHOICE AWARDS and the MADAM SECRETARY rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz solidified its hold on late summer cable Sundays, with POWER up […]

The weekend before Christmas offers four wide releases and another fairly-wide release.  What a collection of underperformers.  The weekend should total a very uninspired $112 million for the top 12 films.  The 51st weekend of the year averages $172 million, and the last time this weekend started on December 21 (2007), the top 12 films […]