THE CATCH remained ShondaLand’s weak link. 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: Lots of football-related adjustments in final numbers.  On CBS, the reruns of KEVIN CAN WAIT, LIFE IN PIECES and MOM dropped 0.2, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION were down 0.1.  ABC’s TO TELL THE TRUTH lost 0.1.  NBC’s MIDNIGHT, TEXAS was also down 0.1. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers to 3.1 (STATE OF AFFAIRS held its 2.2).  SLEEPY HOLLOW also rose 0.1.  With local football simulcasts removed, DANCING WITH THE STARS reduced rose by 0.1 to 2.3 2.5, and CASTLE lost 0.2 to 1.8–although both were still up significantly from last week.  Ratings in key […]

  Another dominating night for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and THE $100,000 PYRAMID gained 0.1 in final numbers, while INSTINCT lost the same.  In addition, NBC’s NFL PRESEASON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.2 to 1.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy night on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER, THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO PD all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another heavy news night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.56/0.85/4.7M, CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.48/0.69/2.7M, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 1.5, and FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT adjusted to 0.6.  In addition, on NBC the SUPERSTORE rerun fell 0.02, and DATELINE was down 0.3 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): With the biggest COLLEGE FOOTBALL conference championships on the broadcast networks, ESPN’s highest rating for the day was 0.72 for a Pregame broadcast, and 0.67 for a 9AM COLLEGE GAMEDAY.  On a very slow night […]