THE MASKED SINGER took a hit from the CMA AWARDS. 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 […]

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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 30-July 1, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at fall 2015:  The CW’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season so far.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for each […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.07 to 0.68, GREY’S ANATOMY fell 0.15 to 0.63, and BIG SKY was down a tick to 0.29. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dipped 0.03 to 0.60, B POSITIVE (out of timeslot) ticked up to 0.45, GHOSTS lost 0.03 to 0.52, and UNITED STATES OF AL (also slot-shifted) was down […]

    Say goodnight, broadcast season.   FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s season finale did what the show’s done all season:  win the night convincingly, but at a significantly lower level than it’s ever been before.  The final episode, currently at a preliminary 6.1, will be just around 30% below last year, and FOX will no doubt […]

  It’s encouraging when the ratings for a new series rise off a much-hyped premiere, and RAY DONOVAN managed that last night (in total viewers, at least–we don’t yet have any demo information), up from 1.4M to 1.6M, plus another 600K from re-airings later that night.  A couple of things should be noted, though.  First, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox News naturally dominated cable on Inauguration Day, with every one of the Top 11 telecasts, topped by 1.80/11M for the noon hour when the oath of office […]