Baseball’s ALL-STAR GAME rose, but not enough to win the night. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news won another night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.29/0.50/3.8M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.37/3.3M, and CNN NEWSROOM at 0.21/0.29/1.3M.  Food Network’s […]

  A solid result for a political special. 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 […]

> Watch It At Home:  Scrupulously accurate, to a fault. In an era that so recently gave us “The Kennedys,” possibly the worst piece of pop culture history ever produced for American television, it seems downright rude to criticize Robert Redford’s new film THE CONSPIRATOR for sticking to the facts.  Accuracy and drama, however, are […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS bore the brunt of Monday’s adjustments, with 0.1 drops for 2 BROKE GIRLS, MIKE & MOLLY and STALKER.  In addition, THE NIGHT SHIFT fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA lost a quarter-point, but was still easily the strongest show of the night at 1.64, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and THIS IS US.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News continued to be at the forefront of non-sports cable, with the 10PM CNN TONIGHT on top at 0.64/0.99/3.7M, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1 and THE ISLAND fell 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual on Mondays without special events, the cable night belonged to USA’s WWE coverage and VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP.  The former was at 1.38-1.25 over its 3 hours (up about a tenth from […]

  THE CROSSING was no GOOD DOCTOR. 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 […]