NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.2 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage […]

World Series Game Track. In the official nationals for Friday 10.30.2015, World Series Game 3 averaged 13.2 million viewers 2+ (above the 12.5 million average for Game 3 since 2006) but the adult 18-49 rating (3.2) was below the Game 3 average (3.6), as the median age of Game 3 crept up to 56.5 years, well […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted up 0.3 in final numbers.  In addition, the SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.71/0.40, compared to last week’s 0.74/0.48.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PRESS YOUR LUCK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case on Tuesday, CNN’s DEMOCRATIC DEBATE easily led Wednesday cable, and the 1.92/2.51/10.7M for the main part of the […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  Things got even worse for MAGIC CITY, with under 350K total viewers and an 18-49 number that had to be rounded up to reach 0.1.  It’s hard to imagine Starz ordering a third season, unless there are non-financial reasons. SYFY:  CONTINUUM was down 30% in total viewers to 1M, and down 0.1 […]

>Two and a Half Men premiered with a 10.3 Adult 18-49 rating, about equal to a good Sunday Night Football game but not at the level of an AFC Championship game, as CBS head Les Moonves boldly predicted.  Nonetheless, this is a great number to welcome Ashton Kutcher to the show.  Can the show maintain […]

  Not surprisingly, the season finale of EMPIRE went platinum. 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 FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, steady with last week’s game.  Elsewhere, BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS, 60 MINUTES, NCIS: LA and CARD SHARKS all gained 0.1 in final numbers.  For the curious, the zero ratings for PANDORA and THE OUTPOST were more precisely 0.03/0.03.         […]