BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.31, almost identical with last Wednesday’s Game 1. CBS:  Reruns at 0.43/0.44/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.33/0.34. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was steady at 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was down 0.03 to 0.28. CW:  THE FLASH gained 0.03 to 0.11, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.35, down 0.02 from the last new episode, and down a tenth from last season’s finale.  20/20 dropped 0.09 to 0.19. CBS:  On season finale night, SWAT was at 0.35 (down a tick from last week, and up 0.03 from last season’s finale […]

  People are still watching TV. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.7, 0.9 below last week’s game. Elsewhere, 60 MINUTES lost 0.1 in final numbers, and FAMILY GUY gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  After all the the hype and buzz (and expense), […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for CBS’s primetime schedule for this season to date.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below.  Programs in the chart are grouped by night so you can see the audience flow from 8:00 […]

> With an “average” NFL game on NBC (if you consider a 7+ rating in primetime average), the other networks premiered their Sunday lineups with only moderate success at best.  ABC got off to a very sluggish start with the two-hour premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (starting in the low-1 demo rating in the […]

  LOVE ISLAND started adrift. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.37, THE ROOKIE: FEDS lost 0.03 to 0.24, and WILL TRENT was down 0.05 to 0.20. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership up 0.02 to 0.43, FBI: INTERNATIONAL up a tick to 0.37, and FBI: MOST WANTED down a tick to 0.37. NBC:  Back from […]