BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.03 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS dipped 0.03 to 0.47, THE CONNERS ticked up to 0.52, and HOME ECONOMICS ticked down to 0.35.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS fell 0.08 to 0.23, and even by the current standards of broadcast network ratings, that seems like a dangerous place to […]

Valentine’s Day didn’t heart network television, especially early in the evening. ABC:  About the best that can be said about the 1.3 debut of ZERO HOUR is that it edged out NBC and CW for 3rd place in the hour.  It’s a terrible start for a densely-plotted, serialized show that’s unlikely to lure many viewers […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   NASCAR was off a bit from last year but still a very viable 3.0 rating. […]

  A rebound for DANCING WITH THE STARS. 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 […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY, with its 16th season premiere, topped everything but football. 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 […]

Last night ABC won prime time easily with a 2.2 fast national rating with adults 18-49 for the thrilling overtime upset of Stanford over Oregon.  We estimate that the game will go up to around a 2.5 rating in the official nationals (which will properly count the Pacific time zone, scheduled to be released Tuesday […]

NBC hopes last night’s Revolution rating was an April Fool’s joke. Last night’s ratings compared to the comparable night last year, in this case March 26 instead of April 2 because the NCAA Champsionship was played in early April last year. NBC:  REVOLUTION fell to a series low 2.3 last night, down 0.3 from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, up 0.4 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun and the NCIS: LA rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Yes, AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD is […]