NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 9PM MARLON, SALVATION, and the reruns of SVU and SPEECHLESS lost the same.  MASTERCHEF was rated as 2 separate episodes at 1.0/1.1.  As we noted this morning, the CW reruns had been suspiciously high (presumably due to sports preemption), and […]

  Summer:  when the network airing reruns beats all the networks with new programming. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was the highest rated show of the night with a preliminary 1.9 (starting 20 minutes late, like the rest of the network’s line-up, due to a golf overrun), but the reruns afterward were so low that the network […]

  BROADCAST FINALS (except where otherwise noted, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago) ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.04 to 0.41, and 20/20 was up 0.05  to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT fell 0.13 to 0.39, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.05 to 0.39, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.08 to 0.34. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.03 to 0.33, […]

Last night’s CMA Awards were a huge hit for ABC, but because the last two Wednesdays featured World Series games, the other networks (except for FOX, of course) were already down–the better comparison is to three weeks ago. ABC:  Moving from Thursday to Wednesday was the charm for THE CMA AWARDS, which zoomed 24% from […]

  AGENTS OF SHIELD ended its season with a slight bump. 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 […]

  THIS IS US didn’t miss a step. 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 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 24 through Sunday March 1, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

    Summer network TV continues to fall behind cable. FOX:  It’s all but a foregone conclusion that everything on network TV last night was outrated by the Boston/Miami NBA Playoffs and History’s conclusion of Hatfields & McCoys.  The only show on the networks to score over a 1.5 rating in 18-49s was SO YOU […]