NETWORK FINALS:  Both CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD and MATCH GAME gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did 60 MINUTES and BIG BROTHER, but the MADAM SECRETARY and FAMILY GUY reruns lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz solidified its hold on Sunday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for 20/20, MACGYVER, THE BLACKLIST and WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT was at 0.59/0.34.  Cable news was led by the 3PM CNN NEWSROOM […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The final 5.0 for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.3 from last week’s rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.97, down 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE dipped 0.07 to […]

  There was nothing to get excited about on the first night of the new season. 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 […]

  With the need to replace The Colbert Report now that its host will be leaving for network pastures when his contract expires at the end of 2014, and knowing that since that show is built entirely around Stephen Colbert’s particular character, the new series would necessarily be very different, Comedy Central had a very […]

  ZOO has emerged beside WAYWARD PINES as the leading scripted series on the networks this summer. 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 […]