Fair starts for the trio of newcomers. 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 […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE coverage was at 0.81/0.76/0.72, compared to last week’s 0.90/0.87/0.73.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.62/0.50, compared to last week’s 0.60/0.48.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked up […]

It’s going to be a long fall for CBS on Monday nights.  Last night’s slate of season premieres on CBS average a 2.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, far below the 3.6 nightly rating we forecast back in May for the entire fall run of original episodes on CBS Monday.  That 3.6 forecast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS have arrived, and ESPN’s trio of games dominated Saturday cable at 1.60/1.24/1.16, with the Miami vs. Philadelphia game at the top.  A&E’s LIVE […]

  Fridays are in desperate need of fall season new blood. 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 […]

        NETWORK REPORT:  ABC:  Although ROSEANNE gained 0.1 in final numbers, its 2.6 was still down a huge 0.8 from its last new episode 2 weeks ago.  THE MIDDLE fell half a point from its last episode on April 10.  However, BLACK-ISH (1.1), SPLITTING UP TOGETHER (1.0), and FOR THE PEOPLE (0.6) […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 6.9, down 0.4 from 2016.  In addition, LOVE CONNECTION and the AMAZING RACE season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even though the game itself was on ABC, […]

  HEROES was sorta REBORN. 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. […]