A unique year in the history of movies (not to mention the history of the world) will culminate in a unique ACADEMY AWARDS tonight.  Only a small fraction of audiences will have seen any of the nominees on a big screen, relying instead on their televisions for VOD presentations and as part of the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY and LIFE SENTENCE adjusted to reflect baseball preemption in NY, and both fell 0.1 to matching 0.1s (0.13/0.12 for those who want the gorier details).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.39/1.34.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  the OJ SIMPSON rerun special on FOX lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s Elite Eight NCAA TOURNAMENT games towered over Saturday cable at 3.03/2.17.  A&E’s LIVE PD edged up 0.02 to 0.69.  The KIDS CHOICE […]

Not quite as exciting as a live freeway police pursuit but still very compelling and much more relevant, the coverage of the reaction to the capture of the remaining Boston Marathon Bombing suspect brought viewers to the normally tough to program Friday evening.  Collectively, the broadcast networks earned a 7.1 rating with adults 18-49 in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s LAS VEGAS BOWL coverage adjusted up to 0.6.  In addition, the YOUNG SHELDON and DATELINE reruns dropped 0.2 and the reruns of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and THE UNICORN lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Some […]

  March Madness begins. 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 the chart. CBS:  […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers, but at 4.7, it was still nowhere near last year’s 6.0 premiere.  SVU, SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE all lost 1.0 from their already unimpressive ratings.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The Season 5 premiere episodes of DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) were at 3.3/3.4, easily the top-rated […]

  Nothing could touch AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. 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 […]