NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMY AWARDS gained 0.4 in final numbers to 3.6, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 9.7.  After football adjustment, 60 MINUTES fell 0.4 to 1.2, and the MADAM SECRETARY rerun was down 0.2.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was once again on top of Sunday cable, although down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ABC COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.1, and FOX’s went to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All but one of Saturday’s Top 10 were COLLEGE FOOTBALL-related, with ESPN’s primetime game the leader by far at 2.77 (the evening’s earlier game was at 1.11, and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have inflated the initial ratings.  Elsewhere, the changes were all in reruns:  an extra 0.1 for […]

  The EMMY AWARDS ratings were even worse than they look. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 19 through Sunday September 20, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the comparable weekend last year. NFL: Week 2 […]

The EMMY AWARDS could hardly have gone more emphatically HBO’s way, with wins for Best Drama, Comedy, Limited Series and Made-For-TV Movie, not to mention many of the acting, writing and directing awards that went with them.  It was a night with a lot of exciting new winners, but the show itself was very much […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and still +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.173 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed just under $19.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]

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). ###