NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments from this morning’s ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader carried the night with 0.90 for the late game, the earlier match was 0.61.  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY was at 0.62/0.61, compared to last week’s season premiere 0.79/0.78, with lead-out JEP […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and THE FLASH fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a strong night for OWN, where THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS returned at 0.69, and the first part of the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS, THE FLASH and THE VOICE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was CNN’s night, thanks to the Nevada DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, which scored 3.59 for the debate itself, and put 4 other pieces of CNN programming into the Top 10.  Considering that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE premiered with a fairly good 0.41 in 18-49s, but its big news was in the 50+ demo, where it had a huge 2.00 rating that put it […]

  Another night where network TV couldn’t muster more than a 1.0 rating. 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 […]

Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention (President Obama, Senator Tim Kaine and VP Joe Biden speaking) attracted 23.7 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three major cable new channels, down 1.1 million from Night 2 (but that is a fairly typical decline for the DNC on Night 3).  In contrast, the RNC […]

  LIFE SENTENCE had a very mild start. 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 […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers (and the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted to 1.2).  Elsewhere, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1, but both REIGN and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.         […]