NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to 2.0.  With quarter-hour info, the spread between the end of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (which gained 0.1 in adjusted numbers) and LAURA also got starker:  a 1.1 gap between the 2.9 NBC had at 9:45PM and the 1.8 still watching LAURA at 10:30PM.  Of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the JUSTICE FOR ALL special lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE news special aired on HGTV at 0.11, on Food Network at 0.10, on OWN […]

  NOTE:  News preemptions related to the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg may lead to more than typical adjustments in finals. 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+ […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below inflated slightly by a pre-emption in Denver for NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (airing nationally on the NFL Network). The FOX numbers below are also bumped slightly by a pre-emption in New York for that Broncos-Jets game. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day […]

  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS and THE AMAZING RACE were the latest TV staples to plunge. 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 […]

  A rebound for DANCING WITH THE STARS. 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 […]

  THE MAZE RUNNER:  DEATH CURE (20th) will win the weekend, although not in particularly impressive fashion.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day was $8.4M (including $1.5M from Thursday night), down from the $11.3M start for the first Maze Runner, and the $11M for Scorch Trials.  It should have $23.5M by Sunday, […]

  A stable night, which may get even more so with afternoon adjustments. 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 […]