NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Friday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.05 to 0.61, with the clip show lead-in at 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH rose 0.05 to 0.59, and MASTER OF […]

  The HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER season finale barely managed to plea-bargain. 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 […]

  2016 was a different ratings world from 2020, and that was reflected in the preliminary ratings for the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, which were at a preliminary 0.2-0.3, compared to 0.5-1.0 4 years ago.  (On that same night in 2016, THE BACHELORETTE was at 1.9 and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 1.6, which would be […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of the SALVATION pilot lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD retook the Friday cable crown, up 0.02 from last week to 0.57. The two short episodes of Adult Swim’s pre-dawn WILLIAMS STREAM […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT was  down 0.2.  In addition, the LETHAL WEAPON rerun gained 0.1, and the  NCIS rerun dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA made it 2 for 2, […]

  A timeslot flip didn’t accomplish much. 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:  The final 5.0 for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.3 from last week’s rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.97, down 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE dipped 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.03 to 0.70, with the lead-in clip show at 0.30.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:   DRAGON BALL at 0.41 and […]