Another dull summer Tuesday… NBC:  The Peacock took the night thanks to AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and its 2.7, although the show was down a tick from last week.  Both weeks came off a 1.0 rerun of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT. FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was even at 1.4. ABC:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS […]

FOX announced a very reasonable schedule–which is to say their choices were mostly in agreement with our recommendations.     A quick look at each night:

  Not a big night for anyone. 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 […]

NBC’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi last night averaged a 5.6 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm, actually above an unusually weak comparable night in Vancouver (5.4 rating) but well below Turin’s 6.8 rating on the same night. Last night’s coverage included: Ice Dancing Final, Men’s Aerials Final and Bobsled 2-Man Final.  A rather limited menu […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s NFL game (shared with NFLNetwork, whose ratings are below) owned Christmas Day at 7.74.  That compared to 3.15 for last year’s broadcast game.  FOX aired PBC BOXING in primetime at 0.66.  ABC’s tripleheader of NBA games was at 1.52/1.64/1.57 compared to 1.82 for last year’s broadcast game.  The other networks aired […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted up 0.1 to 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD dipped 0.02 to 0.57.  Adult Swim’s late-night shows performed as follows:  DRAGON B ALL at 0.45/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.47/0.38, MY HERO […]

  A pair of 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 and comparisons follow […]

  Some strong numbers, but network erosion continued. 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 […]