NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC’s shows adjusted sharply down because of local station simulcasts of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  That left the DANCING WITH THE STARS premiere down half a point to 2.1, although that was still steady with the Fall 2015 premiere.  The finale of THE $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.4 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was TNT’s turn at the top of cable with an NBA doubleheader at 0.71/0.41.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.40/0.63/4M, […]

  The end of the GREY’S ANATOMY season didn’t get a bump. 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 […]

SUNDAY SPORTS.  Sunday was the extremely powerful doubleheader of the NFC and AFC Championship Games (26.1 and 27.9 Household ratings, respectively, in the 70% of the country covered by the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters).  Early in the day before football started, NBC managed a 1.4 rating for its second day of the strike-shortened […]

  Within CW’s universe of ratings, the return of SUPERNATURAL was a big deal. 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 […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MACGYVER, WWE SMACKDOWN and the 8:30PM rerun of MR MAYOR.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 was the top-rated cable show of the day at 0.82/1.19/4.9M, with MSNBD’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  There were no changes to the preliminary ratings for THE ESPYS or SALVATION.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC topped Wednesday cable at 0.52, down 0.03 from last […]

> Fairy tales rule… but watch out for the zombies. ABC:  We won’t know for sure until later today, but odds are that the highest-rated show on TV last night was the season finale of The Walking Dead on AMC (our season finale review is here).  In the world of broadcast networks, ONCE UPON A […]