NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES, 9-1-1, TO TELL  THE TRUTH and SHARK TANK             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games continued their reign, with the ORANGE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game rose 0.2 in final numbers, but 48 HOURS and DATELINE lost 0.1, as did the NCIS rerun at 8PM       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NCAA BASKETBALL neared Sunday’s announcement of the Tournament bracket with league championships, 3 of which […]

  Mostly game shows. 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 the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.0 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the reruns of THE GOOD DOCTOR and THE FOUR each dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon NFL PLAYOFFS game (which it shared with ABC) took the […]

  Sitcoms were the news. 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 […]

  FOX continued to reap some benefit from its early premiere week. FOX:  The premiere of DADS had a 2.1, better than last season’s Raising Hope debut (1.7), but facing atypically weak competition on the other networks.  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE looked more promising with a 2.5.  At 9PM, NEW GIRL was strong at 2.9, a tick better than last season’s premiere, although the […]

        NETWORK REPORT:  ABC:  Although ROSEANNE gained 0.1 in final numbers, its 2.6 was still down a huge 0.8 from its last new episode 2 weeks ago.  THE MIDDLE fell half a point from its last episode on April 10.  However, BLACK-ISH (1.1), SPLITTING UP TOGETHER (1.0), and FOR THE PEOPLE (0.6) […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 26, 2017 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]