The end of the World Series didn’t do much to help ABC. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.3 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was firmly on top of Saturday cable, with TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games at 0.67/0.62/0.43, and the network’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING (pushed from its usual […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BIG BANG THEORY season finale and MASTERCHEF JR added 0.1 in final numbers, but THE BLACKLIST lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was ESPN’s turn to win the night with a NBA PLAYOFFS game, this one […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for STATION 19, GREY’S ANATONY and SUPERSTORE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s coverage of the play-in games for the NCAA TOURNAMENT ruled the night, with games at 0.96/0.63/0.46/0.36, while Tru had […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for HOME ECONOMICS, CALL YOUR MOTHER, THE MASKED SINGER and the CHICAGO PD rerun         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.04 to 0.53.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING, no longer […]

  This would be the place where we note that below are the Top 25 cable originals from Saturday night, but due to some technical glitch, BBCAmerica’s DOCTOR WHO didn’t make it onto the chart, although it was at 0.49 in 18-49s, which should have ranked it #6 for the night (and it had 1.23M […]

  Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers.  It’s harder than ever to authoritatively analyze the thought process that goes into a broadcaster’s cancellation, renewal and pick-up decisions, because network ad revenues directly […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, the bulk of the adjustments affected CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER each dropped 0.2, and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY was down 0.1.  In addition, AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the CSI LA rerun, but the BACHELOR IN PARADISE after-show lost 0.1. […]