With 21 nights in for the May Sweep (official ratings for April 26-May 15 and fast national ratings for May 16), the race is starting to solidify.  FOX will be able to claim victory in May, but CBS remains the only network with stable ratings and is well poised to win next season with the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the WORLD SERIES gained 0.2 in final numbers to 5.6.  Elsewhere, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE added 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even with the World Series as competition, opening night for the NBA season was strong for TNT, as […]

  A quiet season finale took the 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 […]

> THE FINDER – Thursdays 9PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… THE FINDER has already had a pilot of sorts, which aired last season as an episode of BONES.  While the series is based on the character Walter Sherman from the “Locator” novels by Richard Greener, technically it’s presented as a jerry-rigged […]

>Coming today: THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update.  NBC will win the week of Sep 5-11 handily thanks to two NFL regular season games, the season opener on Thursday and the Sunday night premiere (which preliminary ratings show is the highest Sunday night game ever and the highest NFL regular season game in 15 years). THE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable at 0.76/0.75.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH dropped 0.09 to 0.69, and ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE returned at 0.35.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.02 to […]

The networks oh-so-slowly began to climb out of their holiday cave. NBC:  What did PARENTHOOD ever do to justify its treatment by NBC?  The show has been subject to every kind of indignity throughout its run, and last night the network, in a rush to clear the decks of new episodes (to make way for […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]