NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 5 adjusted up half a point in final numbers to an even more terrific 6.7, and yet SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL stayed strong, also up half a point to 6.5, which was 0.5 higher than last week’s game.  The only other adjustment was a 0.1 dip […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game and NBC’s CANNONBALL gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE stayed on top of Sunday scripted cable, steady at 0.73 (plus 0.14 […]

  PRISON BREAK returned solidly from parole. 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 follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for BLACK-ISH, BIG SKY and YOUNG ROCK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL led Tuesday cable at 0.53/0.75/3.6M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/0.45/3.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 6 adjusted to 6.0, down 0.6 from 2016’s Game 6.  Elsewhere, THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT […]

  The summer originals continued to settle in. 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 […]

  Even EMPIRE wasn’t quite so mammoth last night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BONES and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and 2 BROKE GIRLS lost the same.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  INSIDE AMY SCHUMER returned to Comedy Central at 0.40, and the 2d night of […]