NETWORK UPDATE: Adjustments were mostly in the networks’s favor, as THE MIDDLE, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT all gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS, THE FLASH and THE VOICE. But poor NO TOMORROW sank 0.1 to 0.2, and even by CW standards that’s just terrible. […]
AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE launched well, but THIS IS US was the story of the night. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Lots of afternoon adjustments, mostly unhelpful. TIMELESS, LUCIFER, DANCING WITH THE STARS and CONVICTION each lost 0.1, while THE BIG BANG THEORY, as it usually does, picked up the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]
SUPERGIRL had a smooth flight to its new network. 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 […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 8-9, 2016. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, October 10-11, […]
NETWORK FINALS: Note that because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ran without commercials, Nielsen doesn’t cover it in its final numbers for the broadcast networks. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, down 0.8 from last week’s game. Elsewhere, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.3 to 0.9 (probably its early number was inflated by […]
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 1.8 in final numbers, and FOX’s game was also up 0.2, although to a much lower 0.5. In addition, 48 HOURS, DATELINE and the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun all lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the Friday preliminary numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Only a couple of shows penetrated the block of sports and news telecasts atop Friday cable. A trio of BASEBALL PLAYOFFS games were in the lead, […]