> The networks (well, most of them) returned from their winter holidays only to find less viewer interest than they may have hoped. CBS:  An easy win for the night with an all-new line-up.  But 2 1/2 MEN, MIKE & MOLLY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER were all down from their last original airings, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 10-11, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, December 12-13, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.18. CBS:  HOME FOR THE HOILIDAYS was at 0.25, followed by a rerun at 0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.44/0.30/0.32, followed by THE WHEEL at 0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 to 0.55. CW:  THE CHOSEN MESSENGER was at 0.09, followed by a rerun at 0.08. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON lost 0.03 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SONGLAND rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On USA, the final season premiere of SUITS was at 0.21, down 0.07 from last July’s premiere and […]

  Varying starts for the night’s newcomers. 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 and […]

  Whether because of deliberate stonewalling by NASHVILLE producers and cast, or because, as series creator Callie Khouri suggested, the scripts are so far behind that they don’t know themselves how the season will end–or a mixture of both–there were no disclosures at all at today’s PaleyFest session for the show about what will happen […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of season premieres:  HOLEY MOLEY at 0.43 (down a tenth from last year’s premiere), THE CHASE at 0.29 (down a huge 0.66 from the January 2021 premiere, when it had a big lead-in from CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE), and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE at 0.25.  CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.35/0.31. […]