BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing against the NFL Playoffs, the network ran a night of reruns at 0.41/0.42/0.31/0.18. CBS:  The network had the afternoon NFL Playoffs game, giving the line-up a mammoth 10.69 lead-in.  Compared to December 12, the last time CBS had the late game, 60 MINUTES rose 0.27 to 1.65.  After that, the […]

  PIXELS (Columbia/Sony) was marketed on its high concept rather than as an Adam Sandler star vehicle, perhaps reflecting not just Sandler’s dwindling value, but the shuttering of his long-term acting relationship with the studio as he moves to Netflix.  The result was better than some of Sandler’s recent flops, but far from exciting:  according […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast led Monday cable at 0.72/0.66/0.63, compared to last week’s 0.81/0.76/0.72.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK was at 0.63/0.42 compared to last week’s 0.61, and SPY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable at 0.65, steady with last week.  (Once again, it was an HBO theatrical movie in 2nd place, with IT’s 0.51 a bit below […]

  NBC wishes Dallas could play on Sunday night every week. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The FOX end of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.5.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and MATCH GAME gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s piece of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.84, down 0.92 from […]

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).

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.16 to 0.65.  The season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.93, down 0.24 from the 2021 premiere.  THE ROOKIE aired for the first time since January 30 and rose 0.11 to 0.44. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.16 to 0.68.  The line-up aired for the first […]