NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers. In addition,  GENIUS JR flip-flopped its hours from 0.6/0.5 to 0.5/0.6.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was steady at 0.85, with INTO THE BADLANDS up 0.06 to 0.39, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE NIGHT SHIFT became even sadder in final numbers, losing 0.1 to 1.2 and retaining less than 40% of its THE VOICE lead-in.  SCORPION gained 0.1, which allowed it to avoid a series low.  The reruns of GOTHAM and THE ORIGINALS each lost 0.1, putting CW’s night at a dreadful 0.1/0.1. Ratings in key […]

  MANIFEST kicked off the new broadcast season by flying high. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an avalanche of 0.1 drops from preliminary numbers:  CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game, ABC’s SHARK TANK rerun, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20, NBC’s reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE, and CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun all faced the same result.  The WHOSE LINE IS IT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s airing of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS and DATELINE each dropped 0.1 for NBC.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night after Thanksgiving was another lean evening for original cable programming. […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  The news for NBC was good and not-so-good. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After timezone adjustment, FOX’s coverage of the US OPEN fell to 0.9 in final numbers.  The only other change from Sunday prelims was a 0.1 drop for the rerun of MADAM SECRETARY.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season […]