The Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday June 30 nationals available Wednesday July 5 at 7 am Saturday July 1 nationals (cable only) available […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on NBC (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, both MARLON episodes, and the rerun SVU) lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the reruns of SPEECHLESS and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 again took Wednesday cable with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season premiere of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the season premiere of TO TELL THE TRUTH lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The midseason finale of AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD led Sunday […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 9PM episode of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the SCORPION rerun lost the same.  That left CARMICHAEL SHOW at 50% of its LITTLE BIG SHOTS lead-in.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  Retro is in. 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. ABC:  […]

  The night’s season finales didn’t overperform. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage and the rerun of BATTLEBOTS each received an extra 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, we’re at the mercy of the way some of the cable networks list their theatrical movie premieres, which is why JOHN WICK and SKYFALL are included in the Top 10 below.  […]

  Pending final numbers, the AMERICAN IDOL finale slid past the season’s penultimate THE VOICE. 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 […]