LOVE ISLAND continued to struggle. 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 comparisons […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 22-23, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, October 24-25, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were some major adjustments due to local Preseason NFL preemptions.  On ABC, the rerun THE GOOD DOCTOR fell 0.3 and 20/20 was down 0.2.  On CBS, the line-up was respectively down 0.3/0.2/0.1.  FOX’s MASTERCHEF dropped 0.3.  NBC was least effected, with the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun down 0.1. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, with the rest of the CBS line-up remaining as-is.  NBC also remained at the morning numbers, but it’s worth noting that in quarter-hour ratings, THE GOOD PLACE fell from 2.8 to 1.9 in the course of its hour, not a sign […]

>We have been covering the sagging box office in 2011 throughout the year, and now that we have official numbers through Sunday, the year has closed down 3% from 2010.  But the year is much more interesting when breaking it down by quarter.  1st Quarter (January-March): It is shocking to look back at the early part […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SCANDAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, and CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.2, down rather badly by half a point from last year’s Day 1 broadcast network action.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable belonged to the NCAA BOURNAMENT, with […]

With the NCIS shows in reruns, only one series even reached a 2 last night. FOX:  The season premiere of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES was at 2.2, down a very reasonable 0.2 from last year and the highest-rated show on a slow night. ABC:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP edged up to 1.6, but the finale of THE TASTE […]

  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 […]