Sitcoms were the news. 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 analysis and comparisons follow […]

  Viewers didn’t wish the networks a Happy New Year. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   FAMILY GUY and DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES (HBO) lost a tenth it could spare, down to 3.47.  SILICON VALLEY rose 0.12 to 1.09, then VEEP gained 0.03 to 0.52, and LAST WEEK TONIGHT dipped 0.07 to 0.64.  On Showtime, NURSE JACKIE dropped 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, 60 MINUTES and MADAM SECRETARY each adjusted down by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the reruns of LITTLE BIG SHOTS and THE SIMPSONS.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC devoured another Sunday night, as THE WALKING DEAD rose […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  Adjustments pushed THIS IS US up 0.4 to a new series high 3.0, but that’s a bit misleading, because the episode aired twice on the West Coast, at 9PM and again at 10PM, and the final rating includes their cumulative total.  In addition, THE MICK gained 0.1 and BONES lost the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS news special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News occupied the Top 30 slots on our chart, and CNN was again in the lead, peaking […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and the rerun of TO TELL THE TRUTH swapped 0.1 in final numbers, with BACHELOR up and TRUTH down.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was again on top of Monday cable at 1.17/1.16/1.15, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things didn’t get better for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in finals, which adjusted to 3.4, down 1.1 from last week’s game.  There were no other changes from morning numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The pinch was felt on the NFL […]