Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). NBC jumped to first place the week ending Sunday, thanks to the pre-season NFL Hall of Fame Game Sunday, while FOX tumbled to fourth place (from first last week) as original Hell’s Kitchen episodes were […]

  A quiet post-holiday evening. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, tying it with BULL as CBS’s highest-rated show of the night.  The BROOKLYN NINE-NINE premiere also rose 0.1.  In terms of quarter-hour tracks, BULL was admirably steady, dropping just 0.1 at the half-hour point.  THIS IS US was more front-loaded due to its big […]

  Note that due to the schedule disruptions caused by President Obama’s farewell speech last week, some comparisons are to 2 weeks ago. 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) […]

>Terra Nova managed to do what almost no new show can pull off — a week two rating equal to the premiere.  Looking at the entire night, CBS continues to own Monday, while FOX is in the game now and ABC has totally blown its lead.  NBC remains a non-factor on Monday.  FOX is breathing […]

> Don’t give up on Fringe just yet. FOX:  Maybe all the fans really were at The Hunger Games last week.  FRINGE had a huge rebound to 1.2 last night, which still put it in 3d place for the hour (this is Fringe, after all), but gave it a welcome tie with the already-renewed Grimm […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:   ABC:  After a rerun at 0.41, THE YEAR: 2022 was at 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.22/0.20. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.31, followed by a movie at 0.19. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.21. CW:  A FAMILY FILM AWARDS special was at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON dropped 0.04 to 0.25, REINA DEL SUR gained 0.02 […]

Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs.  A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dead concluded its season last week.  Otherwise, AMC would have been atop the heap again.   There are a lot of empty spaces on this […]