NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, with 0.1 declines for 20/20: IN AN INSTANT and the 10PM 48 HOURS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   On BBCAmerica, after DOCTOR WHO fell 0.04 to 0.17, the final season of […]

  A mostly dreary 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 follow […]

Through Friday, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is averaging almost 8.5 million persons 2+ live+same day on CBS and three Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV), now even with last year as well as the 2012-2016 average.  2015 remains the recent high with 8.9 million viewers 2+ in an average minute on the four networks, according […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 3 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS dominated the night at 1.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.33/0.28/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.04 to 0.38, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.08 to 0.38. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS ticked down to 0.31, and BEAT SHAZAM was up 0.02 to 0.33. CW:  ROSWELL, […]

  Lots of back-to-back episodes, although the previously reported full hour of LAST MAN STANDING on FOX has been corrected in the chart and text below. 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 […]

NBC won Saturday night with a 1.5 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating (subject to upward revision due to the live broadcast feed to the west coast).  Coverage of the third round of the U.S. Open golf championship from Olympic Club in San Francisco earned a 1.5 preliminary rating from 8-10 pm and a 1.6 rating from […]

SEASON TO DATE through 11 weeks (through Sunday, December 9, 2012, including adjusted fast national ratings for the last three nights): NBC is averaging a 2.79 adult 18-49 rating in prime time (up 22% from the same period last year). CBS is in second place with a 2.32 (down 17%). FOX is in third place with […]

  The holidays kicked in, with only one non-rerun on broadcast TV. 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 […]