NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB baseball coverage adjusted to 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.29.  Discovery’s Shark Week continued with SHARKS GONE WILD at 0.24, SHARKS OF GHOST ISLAND at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE CHASE, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, and the reruns of YOUNG SHELDON and MOM.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for CNN, this time […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CW’s Monday ratings were apparently swollen by preemption in Houston for the local simulcast of the night’s NFL game.  As a result, in adjusted numbers, THE ORIGINALS lost 0.1, and JANE THE VIRGIN dropped 0.2, leaving that show not up but down from last week’s premiere–although at 0.5 it’s still retaining most of […]

Ratings  in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader topped Saturday cable at 0.64/0.59, with an afternoon game in 4th place at 0.49, and additional games at 0.35.  An NHL game on NBCSN was farther down the Top 10 at 0.40.  Lifetime’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AQUARIUS managed an 0.1 uptick in final numbers, but that was by virtue of the 1.4 it scored in its first 15 minutes–as we reported this morning, it had slumped to 0.9 for what turned out to be its final 45 minutes, and that probably gives a better picture of where it’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DYNASTY lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.81/0.55, and the COLLEGE FOOTBALL game on ESPN2 was at 0.31.  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 2 hours of DATELINE dropped 0.1/0.2 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS ruled Saturday cable (and broadcast) with its NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage, led by its 2.93 for the Purdue vs. Virginia game, and an 11:45PM post-game […]