HEARTBEAT is already having cardiac issues. 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 follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC has been propping up BLINDSPOT by starting its airings at 10:01PM, and sometimes it catches up with the show in final numbers, as happened last night, with THE VOICE up 0.1 and BLINDSPOT down 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

  The shows that fell last week didn’t bounce back. 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 […]

Now through the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday, CBS and TBS are up marginally versus the prior three years in total viewers 2+ and adults 18-49, while TNT and TRUtv are down significantly.  Across all four television partners, the March Madness ratings through Sunday are down a fairly reasonable -4% […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, 60 MINUTES and MADAM SECRETARY each adjusted down by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the reruns of LITTLE BIG SHOTS and THE SIMPSONS.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC devoured another Sunday night, as THE WALKING DEAD rose […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up sharply in final numbers, from 1.1 to 1.9.  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.9, and 48 HOURS lost 0.2.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT was king of Saturday cable, with all of the […]

Through Friday (the second and final day of the Round of 64), the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament turned positive for CBS versus the past three years (up +10% in total viewers 2+ and up +7% with persons 18-49), joining TBS with upward arrows (and green shading) in the chart below.  However, TNT and TRUtv remain […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 but SHARK TANK and the rerun of THE ORIGINALS lost the same in final numbers.  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.5/1.8/1.8 over network primetime, from the preliminary 1.4/2.2/1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT continued to dominate cable […]