The night was defined by 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 follow the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of CHICAGO MED and MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE was again at the top of Wednesday cable, despite a 0.11 drop to 0.45.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.2 in final numbers.  In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were also at the top of Tuesday cable, with ESPN’s game at 0.69.  Fox News’s […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Thursday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT easily led Thursday cable at 1.25, down 0.11 from 2017, and with the pre-show at 0.78 (down 0.23).  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  All of CBS’s shows dropped in final numbers, 60 MINUTES by 0.2, GARTH LIVE AT NOTRE DAME by 0.1, and the rerun NCIS: LA by 0.1.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, down 0.07 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustments from preliminary numbers were for reruns:  an 0.1 bump  for RUNNING WILD, and 0.1 decreases for HAWAII 5-0 and HOME FREE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we’ve noted before, we’re relying on readers telling us that the anime shows running on Adult Swim are originals in their current versions (although in some cases the […]

  And they’re off! 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 the chart.   […]