The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning).  As expected, Big Brother was least impacted (only down one tenth from this morning because CBS was able air it at 10 pm in the California […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON gamed 0.1 in final numbers, while FOR THE PEOPLE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.56/0.51.  MTV’s EX ON THE BEACH rose 0.06 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS gained 0.03 to 0.42, THE GOLDBERGS lost 0.04 to 0.30, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ticked up to 0.43, and NOT DEAD YET was down 0.04 to 0.25.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked down to 0.19. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.03 to 0.69, LINGO returned from a 2-week break down 0.04 to 0.26, […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 27 and Sunday September 28, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 4 Sunday 8.2 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (1pm: TEN-IND CAR-BAL MIA-OAK […]

>Last night, NBC won the night with an estimated 6.5 Adult 18-49 rating (this is an adjustment from the fast national number to what we think the official national number will be tomorrow morning).  The game itself starting at 8:30 between Philadelphia and the NY Giants posted a 6.6 in the fast nationals, which we […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once again, there was no adjustment for WINTER OLYMPICS ratings.  Elsewhere, the 9PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s share of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage topped Thursday cable, […]

  Mild declines for NBC. 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 […]

A rerun has the highest score of the night. ABC:  DUETS had an ignominious exit with a series low 0.9. WIPEOUT was down 0.2 from last week to 1.6, but ROOKIE BLUE won its hour with 1.4, up from last week. CBS:  Reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY are a ratings powerhouse, cleaning up on […]