NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  (Note:  for once, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN held onto its morning rating.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN had an easy victory on Tuesday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with lead-out […]

  NBC easily took another summer Tuesday. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Because of the many adjustments to the night’s ratings, a full analysis follows. Comparisons are to last week. ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.03 to 1.3, and a BLACK-ISH rerun followed at 0.5. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (1.3) and MIDNIGHT, TEXAS (0.6) were each down 0.1. FOX:  SO YOU […]

  There were a multitude of disruptions to preliminary ratings last night, including NFL preemptions on ABC in NY and NBC in Cleveland, as well as a Presidential address.  Given all the expected adjustments, we’ll hold our ratings analysis for this afternoon’s final numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 19-20, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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, August 20-21, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CANDY CRUSH, the US AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, the 8:30PM rerun of FAMILY GUY, the 9PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS, and the rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOMEVIDEOS dropped 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to sports preemptions, there were heavy adjustments in final numbers.  On ABC, the respective reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOMEVIDEOS, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and IN AN INSTANT were down 0.3/0.3/0.2.  On CBS, the reruns of 48 HOURS and DIANA:  HER LIFE & DEATH were down 0.6/0.5.  FOX’s reruns of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to NFL Preseason adjustment, the reruns of MASTERCHEF and BEAT SHAZAM went down 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, in final numbers.  In addition, the BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable belonged again to A&E’s […]