NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.89 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.55 (Portland vs. Toronto).  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 to 0.60, with the lead-in clip show at 0.31.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Tuesday edition of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.66, down 0.03 from Monday.  It was followed by a NIGHT IN THE ACADEMY MUSEUM special at 0.28. CBS:  FBI rose 0.11 to 0.70, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.05 to 0.58, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up a tenth to 0.63. NBC:  […]

  STALKER:  Wednesday 10PM on CBS THE FACTS:  From the grisly mind of The Following‘s Kevin Williamson, a procedural about an LAPD squad that specializes in tracking down dangerous stalkers.  Maggie Q runs the unit, and Dylan McDermott is the cocky new arrival from New York who immediately gets on her wrong side; both of […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 3 and Sunday January 4, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Wildcard Playoffs Saturday 13.1 rating ESPN 4:20 pm Arizona at Carolina 17.3 rating NBC 8:00 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PINK COLLAR CRIMES, DATELINE and the 9PM 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL owned Saturday cable, with games and related programming on ESPN and ESPN2 holding 8 of the Top 9 slots, […]

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 & […]

> Welcome to April:  pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their attendant announcement of next season’s Fall TV schedules.  Mitch Metcalf and I sat down with veteran […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.4 in final numbers, still the biggest game in town but down quite a bit from 2015’s 10.1 (Giants vs. Dallas) premiere.  In addition, the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun gained 0.1, but 60 MINUTES and the 9PM hour of BRAINDEAD lost the same.   […]