Several shows returned from a multi-week absence. 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 2). Ratings analysis […]

  Viewers continued to check out early on the season last night. ABC:  The season finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was up a big 0.8 from last week to 2.6–but that was also down a big 0.7 from last season’s finale, for the lowest rated finish in the show’s history.  The night started with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The game portion of CBS’s primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 2.0, and ABC’s NBA game rose 0.1 to 0.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable was all about the NCAA TOURNAMENT and animation.  Honors for the top-rated […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday June 22, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS game on ABC adjusted to 1.9, and the NHL PLAYOFFS game on NBC went to 1.3 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With the night’s sports on the broadcast networks (an afternoon NHL PLAYOFFS game on NBC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the entire CW line-up and the MASTERCHEF reruns lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim took the Friday cable lead, as THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW rose 0.09 to 0.52, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that CBS aired the final 2 episodes of MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES on the West Coast–it isn’t clear when or if they’ll air in the rest of the country.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.4, and NBC’s game adjusted to 2.5.  In addition, 48 HOURS gained 0.1 in […]

  Because of Nielsen’s holiday schedule, we may not have Thursday cable 18-49 numbers for several days.  However, based on household ratings, ESPN got exactly the punch from the new COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS that it had hoped for with its multi-billion dollar license deal.  Preliminary numbers give yesterday’s ROSE BOWL a 15.5 household rating, up […]