SHOWTIME:  HOMELAND has flirted with 24-ness since it went on the air.  It’s in the show’s DNA, given its creators’ resumes and the overlapping subject matter.  This week, barring a startling reversal in the last 2 episodes of the season, it seemed to succumb.  The sight of Carrie handcuffed to a pipe in an […]

  NOTE:  Season To Date and Network Week-to-Week Charts Are Below With today’s CW announcement that THE ORIGINALS, REIGN and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE have received full back orders, we know where we are with just about all this season’s fall premieres.  (HOSTAGES, BETRAYAL and ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND, all technically “short season” shows, […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 5, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 5 [# of metered markets / % of USA for each game] Sunday 12.8 […]

The Voice sings sweetly for NBC, NBC:  To the great relief of NBC, THE VOICE returned with a 4.7 rating, higher than the show’s fall average and just slightly below the highest rating of its fall cycle.  (It was, however, somewhat below the numbers for spring 2012.)   REVOLUTION may be more problematic.  Although its 2.7 rating was solid, […]

NOTE: NFL Preseason pre-emptions for CBS (New York), FOX (San Francisco-Oakland), and CW (Atlanta) may lead to adjustments in final numbers. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After time zone adjustment, the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE rose to 1.8, and the preceding ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES rerun lowered to 0.7.  In addition, THE AMAZING RACE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MSNBC portion […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.4 and GOD FRIENDED ME was down 0.1.  On FOX, THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 and FAMILY GUY gained the same.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.5, down 0.9 from last week’s final.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS lost some of their melody. 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 […]