NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.5, up 0.1 from last week’s game, and the live A CHRISTMAS STORY held at its preliminary 1.5.  Football adjustments lowered 60 MINUTES by 0.4 and WISDOM OF THE CROWD by 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On a sports-heavy Saturday, ABC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.11, NBC’s US OPEN coverage was at 0.53/0.53, and FOX’s MLB game was at 0.19.  NBC’s TRANSPLANT continued to burn off at 0.20.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.03. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, TOP RANK BOXING […]

  Tonight’s originally scheduled episode of HANNIBAL, entitled “Ceuf,” was pulled from the US air by NBC (it will air elsewhere in the world) because of its main storyline, which involved children induced to kill other children.  Since Hannibal tells a somewhat serialized story, however, the network has stripped out that storyline (or “cannibalized,” as […]

  NOTE:  ABC and CBS ratings may adjust in finals due to local preemptions for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 […]

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT more than doubled the next-highest rated broadcast. 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 […]

  THE STORY OF THE ROYALS didn’t wear a crown. 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 […]

  Increases for ABC’s finales. 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 and comparisons follow […]

  Small increases and declines. 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 and comparisons follow […]