Note that ABC’s line-up followed afternoon coverage of an NFL Playoffs game, which may have inflated its primetime ratings. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted all the way to 6.9, up 0.9 from last year’s Game 1 final rating.  As expected, the primetime pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE suffered from the time zone adjustments, down to 1.1.  There were no changes for any of the original series on NBC or FOX.  On the rerun […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary network ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME towered over the rest of the night at 7.63 (plus an additional 0.15 at ESPN2), although that was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  With the exception of UNCLE BUCK, everything on ABC (reruns of THE MIDDLE and BLACK-ISH, and the new TO TELL THE TRUTH) fell 0.1 in final numbers.  Also down a tenth: NBC’s MAYA & MARTY and FOX’s COUPLED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  THE MASKED SINGER stayed on top. 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 […]

NOTE: The preliminary ratings below are inflated by multiple major-market pre-emptions for NFL preseason games, impacting each network. We’re not going to attempt any analysis of the numbers until the finals are in this afternoon.  We will point out, though, that the adjustments shouldn’t affect how shows on a network rate relative to one another, […]

  THIS IS US returned and took the night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE GOOD DOCTOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL jumped a full point from last week’s game to 3.89.  USA’s WWE […]