Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up 4 of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with telecasts ranging from 0.49 for the late afternoon game to 1.07 to the one that preceded it, while smaller-market […]

  Everyone knows that TV is a pitiless business, where a show lives or dies by the ratings it receives. Except… not always. Today, VH1 announced that it was renewing its time-travel dramedy Hindsight, even though the show’s Season 1 finale had a 0.17 rating in 18-49s, losing 70% of its Mob Wives lead-in.  (And […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, up half a point from last week’s game.  In addition, THE FLASH gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of Starz’s COUNTERPART barely made the chart at 0.04, […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated. NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE and the reruns of MASTERCHEF and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS […]

  Silent Night, at least in the ratings. 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 follows the […]

  A modest gain for GAME ON. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE SIMPSONS rerun went down the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunday scripted cable was led by the return of Adult Swim’s MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES at 0.67.  AMC’s […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 IN AN INSTANT and the HAWAII 5-0 rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD continued its Friday/Saturday reign, up 0.07 from last Saturday to 0.57.  Nickelodeon had an impressive 4 shows in the […]