Farewell to MIDNIGHT, TEXAS. 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 follows the chart. […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.07 to 0.59, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.46. CBS:  Reruns at 0.21/0.22/0.21. NBC:  US FIGURE SKATING was at 0.20. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN jumped 0.12 to 0.67. CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US ticked up to 0.09, and MAGIC WITH THE STARS was up a tick to […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  There was barely any original programming on the networks for the Friday of Labor Day weekend.  NBC’s DATELINE was up 0.3 from last week to a 1.0 that tied a SHARK TANK rerun as the highest number of the night (DATELINE was also 0.3 ahead of the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun that filled NBC’s […]

> The excitement of Premiere Week is over, and shows are settling into their “real” numbers. FOX: The small decline for NEW GIRL (which had another charming episode last night–the show has found its creative groove with remarkable speed) isn’t serious.  What may concern FOX, though, is that they promoted last night’s extremely earnest episode […]

      Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The final season premiere of FX’s SNOWFALL was at 0.24/0.17 compared to last year’s 0.34/0.24. On TBS, AEW: DYNAMITE rose 0.08 to 0.35, and POWER SLAP ticked up to 0.10.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.29/0.26.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.09 to 0.24.  […]

> Frank Darabont who?  AMC returned THE WALKING DEAD to its schedule last night, and viewers were as ravenous for it as its monsters are for human flesh.  The show did an incredible 3.8 rating in 18-49s, outrating everything on network television except football.  That was up 25% from last season’s already-smash seaon finale, and […]