NBC’s marathon 90-minute festival of new COMMUNITY episodes tonight (interrupted by the 30 Rock season finale at 8:30) was less an expression of love from the network than a who-cares approach to the night, scheduled that way  because The Office and Parks & Recreation aired their season finales last week, and Community, kept off […]

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 & […]

The NBA ruled the airwaves again last night, with a preliminary 5.8 Adult 18-49 rating. This will probably go up to over a 7 rating in the official nationals when the west coast viewing is properly factored in, putting Game 2 on track to beat Game 1’s 6.9 rating. UPDATE: Game 2 came in at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Tuesday’s preliminary network ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   NOTE:  At this time, we don’t have Tuesday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 on the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, New Year’s Day belonged to ESPN, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MASKED SINGER after-show lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, down 0.06 to 0.49, and RIDICULOUSNESS ticked up to 0.13.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS dropped 0.09 to […]

  Several networks returned from their holiday hibernations.  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 […]

  Last night’s NBA Draft on ESPN will probably have a 1.5-1.6 rating, which will make it the third-highest show of the night, behind only Hell’s Kitchen on FOX and a repeat Big Bang Theory on CBS.  (Last night’s Draft tied ESPN’s highest rating since the network started covering the event in 2003.)  The networks collectively sunk 10% below […]

    LAST MAN STANDING was a terrible show when the season began, and it hasn’t gotten any better.  The series was anticipated to be a blockbuster hit, and ABC gave it the unusual task for a new series of opening up a night, since it marked the return of Tim Allen to series television, […]