Thanks to the NCAA tournament and more original episodes on the other nights, CBS moved back into first place for the week ending Sunday.  Based on four nights of official ratings and three nights of adjusted fast nationals, CBS will be the only network above a 2 rating with adults 18-49 in prime time for […]

  Big Brother wasn’t so big last night. CBS:  BIG BROTHER premiered with a 2.1 preliminary adult 18-49 rating last night, down half a point from the 2.6 rating last year when it premiered in its more traditional post-Independence Day position on July 12, and tied its lowest premiere ever 5 years ago.  THE AMERICAN […]

  BACHELOR IN PARADISE began the Monday part of its run. 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 […]

  With the other 3 networks in reruns, FOX and NBC prospered. FOX:  An “event” GLEE that dealt (albeit in a superficial, gimmicky way) with the issue of school shootings gave the show a 2.4, an increase of 0.4 from its last episode and the show’s best rating in over a month.  Prior to that, […]

  LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME continued to come down to earth. 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 […]

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 FINALS:  The TROLLS HOLIDAY special dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and DATELINE was down 0.1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the HEISMAN TROPHY ceremony led Saturday cable at 0.64, with TOP RANK BOXING at 0.43, a COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  NBC easily took another summer Tuesday. 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 […]