NETWORK FINALS:  LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE and CHICAGO PD each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MY LAST DAYS and JANE THE VIRGIN each lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Last night there really truly wasn’t an […]

The third night of the Republican National Convention totaled 22.8 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable news channels, well above the 19.4 million on Tuesday and a touch above the 22.5 million Monday.  Compared to prior conventions, last night was above the third night of 2012 but below 2008 with both […]

  A new low for LOVE ISLAND. 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 follows […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The premiere of BULLETPROOF lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE led Wednesday cable, down 0.03 to 0.53, with post-primetime lead-out THE LAST COWBOY steady at 0.14.  VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES jumped 0.11 to 0.48.  Bravo’s […]

  Last night was the first time since October 20 that FOX had the national afternoon NFL game leading into its regular line-up, so FOX/CBS comparisons are to that night. 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 […]

Although the College Football Playoff semifinal games were up this year over last year (one game up +23% and the other up a more modest +3%), last night’s Championship game was down slightly from last year’s already disappointing final in most demographics.  The 25.2 million viewers 2+ audience last night breaks down to 24.4 million […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of BLACK-ISH, MIXED-ISH and FBI: MOST WANTED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tuesday cable notched another win for Fox News, with TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.41/0.67/4.3M, while MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS’s SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL increased to 3.9 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As weird as it looks, NFL Network coded its Saturday afternoon NFL game for Nielsen purposes as “Thursday Night Football” (probably because that’s usually […]