GOTHAM is looking like less than a smash than the fall suggested. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 5, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 5 [# of metered markets / % of USA for each game] Sunday 12.8 […]

  BIG BROTHER’s gain couldn’t help SALVATION. 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 comparisons follow […]

> THURSDAYS this Fall officially start September 22, with virtually all series debuting or returning on that night.  The main exception is The CW, with Vampire Diaries and Secret Circle premiering tonight and a few late premieres (CBS’s How to Be a Gentleman and ABC’s Private Practice on September 29 and FOX’s Bones in early […]

  Most shows bounced back from last week’s Halloween blues. 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). […]

NOTE: ABC and CW numbers below are inflated somewhat by major-market pre-emptions for the Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN nationally. ABC stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose carried the late game (Rams-Raiders in west coast primetime), while WPIX in New York (CW) carried the Jets-Lions game in east/central primetime. Any Detroit pre-emption […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): College football took up 6 of the top 7 slots on Saturday cable, with more farther down the list, ranging from 0.12 for a late ESPN2 game to 1.80 for the mother network’s primetime coverage.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD respectively went up and down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THE WHISPERS fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP didn’t air last Monday due to its duty as lead-in to the premiere of BASKETBALL WIVES on Sunday, but it was back this week at the […]