A stable night for the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.74, up 0.05 from last week but down sharply from last year’s 1.4.  An AFTER-SHOW followed at 0.58. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.17/0.35. FOX:  Rescheduled NFL coverage was at 3.78. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

NOTE: CBS’s coverage of the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ended around 10:17pm ET, followed by post game show. MAGNUM PI started around 10:39pm ET.  CBS numbers below will rise around +15% in the official nationals when live West Coast viewing is added. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THE WALL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Season 2 premiere of TNT’s SNOWPIERCER was at 0.28.  That was […]

  Even THIS IS US wilted in the face of Halloween and WORLD SERIES Game 6. 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 Screen Actors Guild award nominations are important in the Oscar precursor game, but not in their most showcase way:  the Best Ensemble winner (often taken to be SAG’s equivalent of “Best Picture,” since it awards a film’s entire cast) doesn’t have any remarkable correlation to the Oscar winner for Best Picture.  However, in […]

  THE BACHELOR was the latest high-profile finale to take a hit. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were some major adjustments due to local Preseason NFL preemptions.  On ABC, the rerun THE GOOD DOCTOR fell 0.3 and 20/20 was down 0.2.  On CBS, the line-up was respectively down 0.3/0.2/0.1.  FOX’s MASTERCHEF dropped 0.3.  NBC was least effected, with the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun down 0.1. […]