Football beat politics. 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. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s PRESEASON NFL game adjusted down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, local preemptions brought everything else down (except the rerun of FRESH OFF THE BOAT), with 0.1 drops for the rest of ABC and all of NBC.  FOX’s BIG3 BASKETBALL lost 0.3, and the CW line-up was down […]

  Note:  STAND UP FOR CANCER, which aired on all broadcast networks except CW, had no commercials, so Nielsen won’t include it in final numbers.  NBC outrated the rest in preliminaries, with 0.4 to otherwise identical 0.3s. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, […]

  Fridays are in desperate need of fall season new blood. 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 […]

  The SURVIVOR cycle finale was dinged. 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 […]

  A particularly fast night for THE FLASH. 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 […]

  OK numbers for the night’s newcomers. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 4.7, half a point below last year’s final rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz’s POWER returned from a 2-month break up 0.02 to 0.44, with the POWER CONFIDENTIAL lead-out steady at 0.20.  On Showtime, […]