NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2 adjusted up to 3.9 in final numbers.  Complete World Series ratings coverage in our Skedball Special Report.  Elsewhere, both THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1, as did SURVIVOR.  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, ARROW and SUPERNATURAL, though, all fell by the same margin. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, DANCING WITH THE STARS and EMERGENCY CALL both dropped after adjustment for local NFL coverage.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was down 0.38 to 3.19.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s HANNITY at […]

  May Sweeps didn’t begin with a (big) BANG. 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 […]

  The NFL DRAFT was the latest TV staple to slump. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same.  Also, as expected the CW reruns each went down 0.1 after the sports preemptions were adjusted out. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The TYRANT season finale (FX) didn’t excite anyone, dropping 0.05 to 0.37.  However, some people showed up to find out who […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  That promising start for CW’s SUPERGIRL reruns wasn’t so promising after all, as the morning number for 9PM was apparently due to a local baseball preemption in Chicago, and the rating came down 0.2 in final numbers to a much more pedestrian 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA FINALS adjusted to 9.0, up 1.4 from 2016’s Game 5.  In addition, the rerun of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the SCORPION rerun lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 topped Monday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP adjusted to 4.12, down from 5.3 in 2019.  (The rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD adjusted down to 0.48.)  In addition, AMERICA’S MOST WANTED adjusted up to the next tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast […]