NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and the rerun PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun SONGLAND lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s soccer matches led Wednesday cable, with the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP match […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s coverage of the JIMMY KIMMEL BOWL at 0.49, although that was outrated by the network’s afternoon INDEPENDENCE BOWL at 0.60.  The highest-rated show on broadcast was NBC’s part-quasi-live, part clip-show Covid-burdened SNL at 0.89.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s primetime […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and CHICAGO MED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ALMOST FAMILY and SINGLE PARENTS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The MLB WILD CARD game was again at the top of cable, this time on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Thanksgiving Eve will heavy on reruns, here at 0.37/0.28/0.27/0.18/0.16. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.05 to 0.99, TOUGH AS NAILS rose a tenth to 0.49, and CSI: VEGAS was up 0.06 to 0.49. NBC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.59. FOX:  Reruns at 0.34/0.20. CW:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW ticked down to 0.07, and BATWOMAN ticked up […]

> The big news last night was the second telecast of Grimm, NBC’s bit of good cheer from an otherwise dismal fall.  The second episode scored a 1.8 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, down from a 2.1 premiere but still enough to win a typically lackluster Friday time period.  Chuck declined to a […]

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Ratings below for ABC, CBS and especially NBC are inflated by local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. Also, The CW inflated by New York pre-emption for MLB Yankees-Mets game. ABC pre-emptions in Washington DC, Buffalo and Jacksonville. CBS in Miami. NBC in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Given all the adjustments to come, we’ll hold ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE GOOD DOCTOR, the 8PM ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and 9-1-1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.60/0.57/0.53, exactly the same as last week, and […]

  Another night of BIG BROTHER and then everything else. 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 […]