As it turned out, there wasn’t room for two shows about homicidal true believers on the network airwaves, and The Following is occupying that space.  CULT hasn’t yet been canceled by CW after its pair of miserably low-rated airings, but it faces the next-worst fate, sent away to the wilderness of Fridays at 9PM, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while AGENTS OF SHIELD and the TOUGH MUDDER special lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND took the Tuesday cable crown, down 0.02 to 0.89, with lead-out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.0, down 0.8 from 2019’s Game 4.  In addition, BIG BROTHER, SHARK TANK and the BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER finale climbed an extra 0.1 in final numbers and the FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES lost 0.1, but the ugly numbers for the latter were in the quarter hours, where MOTHER had a 6.0 from 8:45PM-9PM, and then fell more than half to 2.8 when BETTER LIVES […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.07 to 0.59, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.46. CBS:  Reruns at 0.21/0.22/0.21. NBC:  US FIGURE SKATING was at 0.20. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN jumped 0.12 to 0.67. CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US ticked up to 0.09, and MAGIC WITH THE STARS was up a tick to […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

        NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of afternoon adjustments, mostly unhelpful.  TIMELESS, LUCIFER, DANCING WITH THE STARS and CONVICTION each lost 0.1, while THE BIG BANG THEORY, as it usually does, picked up the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.07 to 0.44, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE lost 0.06 to 0.37, SUPERMARKET SWEEP slipped 0.02 to 0.34, and THE ROOKIE ticked up to 0.33. CBS:  The network of course peaked with its afternoon coverage of the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME at 12.41.  Primetime was a set of […]