BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and JUDGE STEVE HARVEY was down 0.02 to 0.25.  A rerun followed at 0.23. CBS:  On season finale night, FBI was down 0.03 from last week to 0.42 (last season the show’s finale was pulled at the last minute for content reasons and aired some […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network tried to create a late-summer event night, but CINDERELLA: THE REUNION was at 0.30, and the 25th anniversary re-airing of CINDERELLA was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.69, and PASSWORD was up 0.04 to 0.47. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  LEONARDO […]

HBO’s True Blood remains the highest-rated cable program with Adults 18-49 on our weekly ranking.  But watch out HBO, the most down-market, lowest common denominator, tawdry program on television (USA’s WWE Monday Night Raw wrestling) is nipping at your heels.  Fans of wrestling really turned out for the 1,000th episode of this landmark television program, hitting a 2.4 rating […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The final VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE numbers were 2.2 on ABC, 1.1 on CBS, 1.6 on NBC, and 1.2 on FOX, all up 0.1-0.3 from prelims (and down significantly from the Presidential Debate).  In addition, in final numbers BIG BROTHER and THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1, while the ABC debate […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  OK numbers 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM ALMOST FAMILY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were at 0.20 on BET, 0.07 on VH1, 0.06 on Comedy Central, 0.03/106K on MTV, 0.02/162K on TV Land, 0.02/51K on CMT, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.06 to 0.55, followed by a ROAD TO THE CMAS special at 0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.28/0.22/0.23. NBC:  THE VOICE was up 0.03 to 0.64, and QUANTUM LEAP rose 0.07 to 0.40. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, 9-1-1 slipped 0.02 to 0.67, and THE CLEANING LADY […]