NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 and the rerun of SUPERSTORE lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 6PM White House briefing hour led cable news, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.70/1.05/6.4M and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.51/0.72/2.7M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP and THE BRIEFCASE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net took the night’s cable honors with a 1.33 rating for Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS.  BET’s THE GAME was up 0.01 to 0.68, with a 0.46 lead-in from a movie, and a lead-out […]

  NCIS lost its bump. 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. […]

  Things aren’t getting easier for ONCE UPON A TIME. 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 […]

  The Upfronts are officially here, more troubled than ever thanks to the ever-declining ratings at the broadcast networks.  (This Variety article does a good job of laying out the ways in which business considerations are altering what shows are put on the air.)  NBC is in the best position of the broadcasters, thanks to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE GOOD DOCTOR, the 8PM ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and 9-1-1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.60/0.57/0.53, exactly the same as last week, and […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will be updated later this afternoon with format and editing changes. UPDATE: Charts now in normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB lost 0.1 and MISTRESSES gained 0.1 in final numbers, leaving both at 0.9.  In addition, DATELINE fell 0.1 and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun rose by the same amount. CABLE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as well as the MOM rerun lost the same in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With no NFL game this Thursday, MTV’s TEEN MOM took the night, steady at 1.00, while a lead-out special was at 0.46, and ONE BAD CHOICE, which aired at 11:30PM, […]