CHICAGO FIRE arrived to show LIMITLESS its limits. 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 and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, THE EQUALIZER, and the new ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that Nielsen listed WHEN CALLS THE HEART as a rerun, but it […]

  BIG BROTHER almost doubled the night’s next-highest show. 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 and […]

  Musical competition on CBS seemed to dent AMERICAN IDOL. 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 […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s coverage of NCAA BASKETBALL continued to dominate Saturday cable, filling up 5 of the day’s Top 10 slots with ratings ranging from 0.75 to 0.36.  Sports also took the #2 slot, with Fox Sports 1’s […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.7, a big 1.8 below last week’s Sunday game.  Elsewhere, the President’s Oval Office speech led to plenty of adjustments:  THE SIMPSONS dropped 0.7, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE fell 0.3, and ONCE UPON A TIME fell 0.1, while QUANTICO gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  It appears that this fall season will lack any breakout hit for the networks. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of ARROW lost the same (putting the latter down to 0.1, a dismal number even for a summer rerun).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was at the […]