NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage had a healthy 0.4 adjustment in final numbers to 6.1.  As expected, the removal of NFL preseason preemptions made for much change elsewhere:  on ABC, BATTLEBOTS, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and MATCH GAME all fell 0.2; on CBS, the rerun BIG BANG THEORY fell 0.3, the LIFE IN PIECES […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS were on top again, at 1.43/1.42.  Tru was ahead of the rest with IMPRACTICAL JOKERS, up 0.07 to 0.50, and lead-out INSIDE JOKES […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY ticked down to 0.32, and THE WONDER YEARS was at 0.25 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.18.  Reruns followed at 0.20/0.20. CBS:  Reruns st 0.28/0.23/0.29/0.16. NBC:  LA FIRE & RESCUE returned at 0.29, followed by reruns at 0.22/0.21. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was steady at 0.42, and FOOD STARS ticked up […]

> We’re not on the tabloid beat at SHOWBUZZDAILY, but when Lindsay Lohan put herself in front of the cameras tonight on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, she made herself fair game.  It would be heartwarming to be able to report that with tonight’s appearance, she’s finally taken the first real step of her professional rehabilitation, but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]

  The night’s sitcoms remained mostly low. 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 […]

The nightly averages below do not include the Presidential Debate from 9:00-10:30 pm ET — since it ran commercial-free (or “sustaining”) those 90 minutes will make it into the nightly, weekly or season averages. FOX scored a 3.4 in the preliminary fast nationals for X Factor, and a 2.8 for its Fox News coverage of the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL KICKOFF GAME adjusted to 6.7.  Elsewhere, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE easily led Thursday cable at 0.86, up 0.06 from last week, but PRETTY LITTLE MAMAS was down 0.06 to […]