BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.79, down considerably from the 1.4 for the October 2020 premiere.  QUEENS premiered at 0.36. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.43/0.35. NBC:  THE VOICE fell two-tenths to 0.66, LA BREA was down 0.08 to 0.55, and NEW AMSTERDAM dipped 0.03 to 0.34. FOX:  THE RESIDENT […]

  Music dominated the night. 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 comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT telecast adjusted to 4.0.  In addition, the 9PM hour of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led the day, up a tick to 0.63.   Adult Swim’s line-up performed as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports ruled post-Christmas cable.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were at 0.72/0.61, Fox Desportes’s LIGA PLAYOFFS match was at 0.57, TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.40/0.39, […]

  Low season premieres. 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. NBC:  […]

>On the first Sunday of the May Sweep, ABC won the night by matching its rating on the same evening last year, while the other broadcast declined from year-ago levels: CBS down four tenths of a rating point, FOX down a negligible one tenth, and NBC down a disastrous nine tenths of a rating point.  […]

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83).  But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is not likely to let go of second place. Looking at the rest of the […]

  Inevitably, THE CONNERS dropped. 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 comparisons follow […]