Another week’s worth of ratings are in, and once again, we ask:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? NEXT CALLER MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BAD SHOW.  Last week NBC stopped production on Next Caller, a single-camera sitcom slated for midseason that starred Dane Cook as a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.9.  Elsewhere, the entire NBC line-up adjusted:  the WILL & GRACE rerun down 0.3 to 1.5, the SUPERSTORE rerun down 0.3 to 0.8, DATELINE down 0.3 to 0.6, and the SNL rerun down 0.1 to 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 5, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 5 [# of metered markets / % of USA for each game] Sunday 12.8 […]

  No major shifts. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  CHILD SUPPORT […]

  March Madness takes a toll on American Idol.   CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  The CBS numbers are adjusted fast nationals (ShowbuzzDaily estimates of what the live telecast will look like in the official nationals when the Pacific and Mountain time zones are properly counted).  The second prime time game at 9:30 was one of the […]

Another great night of ratings for ABC from the NBA Finals, but the network certainly was disappointed in the result of last night’s Game 4.  Miami won again at home, taking a 3-1 lead in the series and giving the heat a shot at ending the series Thursday in Game 5.  Visions of a very […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT had the night’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 2.91.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC ticked up to 0.47.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS […]

  SHARK TANK had a successful move to Fridays. 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 […]