An off-night BACHELORETTE wasn’t great for anyone. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK was steady at 0.44, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.38. CBS:  SWAT ticked up to 0.41, FIRE COUNTRY gained 0.03 to 0.44, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.04 to 0.35. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ rose 0.08 to 0.29, GRAND CREW climbed 0.05 to 0.23, and DATELINE was up […]

  NBC has perfected the art of releasing bits of information each day throughout pre-Upfront week, and today’s nuggets introduced a trio of additional new sitcoms.  It appears that at least 2 of these will be given small midseason runs of 6 episodes to see if they catch anyone’s fancy before potentially expanding. MISSION CONTROL:  […]

Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs.  A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dead concluded its season last week.  Otherwise, AMC would have been atop the heap again.   There are a lot of empty spaces on this […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s UFC PRELIMS was at 0.22.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.49.  CW’s original MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s PRESEASON NFL games dominated Saturday cable at 0.39/0.37/0.31/0.29.  Reez’s ON PATROL dropped 0.03 to 0.20.  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS were at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS was steady at 0.72, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.42. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.62, I HEART ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.52, NCIS fell 0.07 to 0.64, and NCIS:  HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.96, and […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s coverage of the Alabama vs Auburn COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was far and away the biggest show on Saturday cable, with a 4.31 rating that more than doubled the network’s earlier Florida vs Florida State […]

  Afternoon adjustments will tell more of last night’s tale. 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 […]