NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.0, up 0.2 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network end of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 1.62, up 0.14 from last […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). CBS returned to the top spot this past week despite not airing in about 3 million Time Warner Cable homes as the stand-off over per-subscriber compensation drags on.  NBC tumbled to third place, as a […]

  Once again, CW demonstrated that it operates under different economics than the other broadcast networks.  Much of its revenue comes from episodes streamed online via Netflix and Hulu, which makes sometimes puny on-air ratings acceptable.  Also, virtually everything it airs is produced by one of its in-house studios, Warner Bros Television or CBS Television […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  As it has before, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a terrible 0.3.  In addition, the WORLD OF DANCE season finale lost 0.1 as well.  On the other side of the ledger, the NCIS rerun gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  Few were pining for CW’s returning shows. 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 follows the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE: SVU rose 0.1 in final numbers, although the CHICAGO FIRE rerun at 8PM lost 0.1.  Elsewhere, there were also 0.1 gains for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS, as well as for ARROW. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Neither of the night’s premieres even made it to our supplemental chart.  The first 2 hours of HBO’s J.K. […]

      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: Monday July 12, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

> This isn’t the way Flex Time was supposed to work. NBC:  As part of its multi-billion dollar deal with the NFL, NBC is supposed to have the right, during the last few weeks of the regular football season, to change the designated Sunday night game and choose one that’s more valuable, usually in terms […]