Television as a medium seems to become more exciting and surprising practically every week these days, but one thing remains the same:  The EMMY AWARDS is still the weak, erratic sibling of the other major awards shows, even when the telecast itself is slickly packaged, as was mostly the case with tonight’s rendition from […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  No major changes, as THE BACHELOR and the CBS 9-10PM shows each found an extra 0.1 (keep the latter two off their lows), while SUPERNATURAL shed the same amount. TUESDAY CABLE:  The season finale of BEING MARY JANE (BET) hit a new series high with 1.6 in its 2d hour (up 0.2 […]

The Memorial Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday May 26 nationals available Tuesday May 30 at 1 pm Saturday May 27 nationals available Wednesday May 31 at […]

  Due to jury duty demands, beginning on Friday April 27 and for roughly 2 weeks afterward, there will be no text for most morning ratings posts.  In addition, afternoon cable text will appear during early evening at best.  Direct all complaints to the California judicial system…

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLACK-ISH gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN, soon to move to FOX, led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.67, followed by a “sneak peek” of the TREADSTONE pilot at 0.26.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

  ABC’s Friday line-up is far from a fairy tale. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT was at 0.45 on broadcast, down 0.02 from last year. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dipped 0.02 to 0.25.  Airing for the first time since April 8, BLUE BLOODS fell 0.09 to 0.31, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.03 to 0.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST fell […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SEAL TEAM and the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   NOTE:  At this time, we don’t have Wednesday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 on the charts below. […]