The EMMY AWARDS could hardly have gone more emphatically HBO’s way, with wins for Best Drama, Comedy, Limited Series and Made-For-TV Movie, not to mention many of the acting, writing and directing awards that went with them.  It was a night with a lot of exciting new winners, but the show itself was very much […]

  With the World Series done, network TV returned to normal. 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 […]

  Only the return of football livened things up. 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 […]

  NOTE:  The CELEBRATING AMERICA special was also featured on multiple cable networks, and we’ll have those numbers tomorrow. 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 […]

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 UPDATE:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 3.0 in finals, while ABC’s adjusted down to 2.3.  Elsewhere, the NCIS rerun was down 0.1, but 48 HOURS gained the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, it was a Saturday for COLLEGE FOOTBALL and anime.  ESPN’s afternoon and primetime […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, with games at 0.93/0.63/0.44 (plus COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 0.55), not to mention Fox Sports 1’s games at 0.33/0.16 and ESPN2’s games at 0.29/0.17.  Adult […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers to 7.9.  In addition, the entire ABC line-up was down:  the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun by 0.3, and each of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and MATCH GAME by 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]