Bad news for CBS. 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. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.04 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS was up 0.04 to 0.43, THE CONNERS returned from a rerun week down a tenth to 0.51, and HOME ECONOMICS ticked up to 0.30.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS returned from last week’s preemption steady at 0.28. CBS:  SURVIVOR fell 0.17 to 0.84, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.34.  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY dropped 0.05 to 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  The network had the late national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES rocketed to 1.33.  The season premiere of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dropped 0.09 to 0.44, GENERATION GAP was steady at 0.41, and THE CON ticked up to 0.27. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.03 to 0.76.  The rest of the night had reruns at 0.31/0.32/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.18/0.22/0.21. FOX:  An MLB game at 0.64. CW:  BUMP premiered at 0.06/0.04, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that most shows were preempted by last week’s State Of the Union address, so unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to January 31. ABC:  THE ROOKIE dipped 0.05 to 0.48, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked down to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was up 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  Airing new episodes for the first […]

RNC Night 4: There were 19.7 million viewers 2+ across the six major television news networks for last night’s RNC coverage after 10:00 pm ET. That’s 2.1 million viewers below the same night for last week’s DNC and 11.1 million viewers below the final night of RNC 2016. RNC Nights 1-4: For the entire week, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that the length of the NBC schedule on Super Bowl Sunday cut off the other networks, so partial ratings for those are below. ABC:  Reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS were at 0.17/1.7M & 0.17/1.6M, and reruns of SHARK TANK were at 0.10/800K & 0.18/1.2M. CBS:  A rerun of 60 MINUTES […]

  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were the latest prizes to face a heavy drop. 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 […]