NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.8.  In addition, the SWAT rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s season premiere of JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION easily topped Thursday cable, although at 0.83/0.83, it was far below […]

> 21 JUMP STREET:  Watch It At Home – High School Meta-Bromance The meta-ization of contemporary comedy marches on:  Community, of course, is a virtual meta-kingdom, but Happy Endings makes Friends jokes, this week’s 30 Rock undercut what appeared to be its own sentimental ending with jokes poking at viewers who might like sentimental endings, […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday May 23, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR and 9-1-1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.61/0.57/0.55 compared to last week’s 0.57/0.51/0.47.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked up to 0.48.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was […]

  ABC’s game shows declined. 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 follow […]

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 7-13, 2013), CBS pulled into first place with a preliminary 3.18 adult 18-49 rating, doubling last week’s 1.58 rating.  Two hours this week were unusual, non-recurring events (NFL playoff overrun on Saturday from 8-9 pm and Sunday 7-8 pm, at an 11.6 and 12.4 adjusted fast national […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers gave 0.1 bumps to NCIS, LIMITLESS, and THE VOICE, but CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS continued to be lopsided as between the Mets/Cubs National League games on TBS (2.71 last night) and the Royals/Blue Jays on Fox Sports […]