NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0. and FOX’s game ended up at 0.6.  In addition, NBC’s run of the movie FREE BIRDS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL reigned over Saturday cable, with […]

> A night mostly on pause for college football. ABC:  Although the network took the night, it wasn’t able to make as much hay with its female-skewing programming as one might have expected, on an evening where the main event was the BCS Championship college football game on ESPN.  THE BACHELOR, facing repeats on 3 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE both gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were again at the top of cable, with TBS’s game at 0.68 and Fox Sports 1’s game […]

  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 […]

  SURVIVOR had a steady return. 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 comparisons […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 3 of THE NBA FINALS climbed to 5.9 in time-zone adjusted numbers, while the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN fell to 1.0/1.6.  The only other adjustment was a 0.1 dip for the rerun SUPERNATURAL on CW. TUESDAY CABLE;  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, just renewed for 2 additional seasons, returned to […]

THE MASKED SINGER may have found its lead-out. 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 […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]