NETWORK FINALS:  The only change from early numbers was a 0.1 dip for THE EXORCIST.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery once again led Friday cable, with GOLD RUSH up 0.03 to 0.97, and TREASURE QUEST also up 0.03 to 0.47.  Both of ESPN’s […]

  More declining finales. 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 comparisons follow the chart. ABC:  […]

  None of the season finales set their line-ups on fire. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend last […]

> Showtime has announced that the network’s stalwart WEEDS, now in its 8th season (and, honestly, probably a bit past its prime) and relative newcomer EPISODES will return to the schedule on Sunday July 1, running in the 10-11PM hour.  Weeds is still moderately successful for Showtime, with over 700K total viewers for each episode’s […]

  People are still watching TV. 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 […]

  On what’s become cable TV’s premier night, only two shows on broadcast TV topped a 2 rating.   ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME returned with its first new episode in a month, and fell to a series low 2.1.  The 1.4 for a special HALLMARK HALL OF FAME movie “Remember Sunday” was in the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers.  The CBS portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, up 1.2 from last week’s final network number. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT […]