NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 bump for MASTERS OF ILLUSION. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Discovery listings have ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE as a rerun on Friday, which is why it’s not on the list below, but its 0.96 rating (up 0.15 from last week’s original) suggests the network or Nielsen may have misfiled […]

The Daytona 500 on FOX Sunday crushed the competition, averaging a 10.0 household rating and 22 share from 1:30-4:45 in the 70% of the country with local Nielsen meters (in 56 of the largest TV markets).  Last year, the race aired on Monday in prime time due to weather problems on Sunday, earning only a […]

  A slow premiere for HOLMES FAMILY EFFECT. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 UPDATE:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO? slipped 0.1 to 0.5. FRIDAY CABLE:  There was hardly any regular series programming on July 4th.  ESPN’s WORLD CUP coverage, as detailed in our WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, provided the two highest ratings of the day by far at 2.2/1.8., with a 1.1 for the same network’s telecast […]

  We’re a bit more then 2 weeks into the Fall 2014 TV season, most of the new series have had their debuts, and a few selected hours aside, the results aren’t pretty.  We’re going to take a capsule look at where each of the 4 major networks stand (CW is just beginning the roll-out of its […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game gained half a point in final numbers, putting it up to 2.0, while NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game rose 0.3 to 1.2.  In addition, the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun on CBS lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The […]

      Even with finales on hand, nothing stirred viewers. FOX:  THE FINDER aired what turned out to be its series finale and FRINGE had its season finale, with a respective 1.1 and 1.0, up very slightly for both.   CBS:  A night of underperforming season finales.  UNDERCOVER BOSS took a big hit, down […]

  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 […]