A&E/LIFETIME/HISTORY: Part 1 of BONNIE & CLYDE performed moderately well, aggregating a 2.8 rating in 18-49s with 1.0 each on A&E and History and 0.8 on Lifetime. It’s a fairly big number when you add it all up, but network-by-network it was below Vikings at History, below Devious Maids at Lifetime, and below Bates […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE LAST DEFENSE had a particularly ignominious exit, losing 0.1 in final numbers for a 0.3 finale. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s SHARK WEEK originals for the night were LAWS OF JAWS and AIR JAWS: THE HUNTED both at […]
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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]
30 Rock sinks like a stone. NBC: Yes, things could get worse for NBC’s Thursday. 30 ROCK, making its final season debut, kicked off with a dreadful 1.3, down in every measurable respect (last season’s premiere, last season’s finale, last season’s average, Community‘s premiere last season in that timeslot). That being the case, you almost […]
NETWORK FINALS: Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.8, down 1.5 from 2018’s Game 1. In addition, PARADISE HOTEL and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IN THE DARK lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]
THE DARK TOWER (MRC/Columbia/Sony) will probably win the weekend, but in unimpressive fashion. It had a $7.7M opening day (including $1.8M from Thursday night), putting it on track for a $19M weekend. The production budget was reportedly kept reasonable in the $60Ms, but Sony gave it an A-level marketing campaign, which will put total […]
World Series Game 1 won the night, but didn’t seem to affect anyone else very much. ABC: After a slightly increased 2.6 (in final numbers) steady 2.5 from its THE MIDDLE lead-in, THE NEIGHBORS was up a tick to 2.0, still nothing to be thrilled about (3rd place in the half-hour), but appreciably ahead of […]