NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Tuesday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports again led a depleted holiday week cable field.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.07 to 0.82.  ESPN’s trio of COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were at […]

  NBC didn’t give GREAT NEWS much of a (seasonal?) send-off. 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 […]

  Election coverage, by its nature, is live programming, and thus subject to adjustment in final numbers.  Currently NBC leads the night at 1.4, with ABC at 1.3 and CBS at 0.9.  In addition, while FOX and CW aired scripted programming, many of their local stations preempted or interrupted the shows for election updates, so […]

  Nothing was going to touch the finale of THE BIG BANG THEORY. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: LA gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, up 0.8 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The midseason finale of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD unusually dropped from the previous week, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of ALL RISE and BULL dropped 0.2, and the reruna of THE GOOD DOCTOR and PRODIGAL SON lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.58, up 0.21 from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.08 to 0.47.  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.50, and the PRELIMS were at 0.26.  On Food Network, […]

  Basketball dominated a sports-heavy 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 analysis and comparisons […]