NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.0 in final numbers., 0.1 above last week’s game.  In addition, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.11 from last week to 1.30.  More sports followed, as TNT’s […]

  CBS bid a fond farewell to its share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL for the season. 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 […]

World Series Game Track.  Game 2 of the 2015 World Series was down about -10% from Game 1, versus the normal pattern of Game 2 ratings almost exactly matching Game 1 in various demographics on average in the past decade.  Then again, Game 2 was a rather ho-hum affair compared to the epic nature of Game […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2 adjusted up to 3.9 in final numbers.  Complete World Series ratings coverage in our Skedball Special Report.  Elsewhere, both THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1, as did SURVIVOR.  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, ARROW and SUPERNATURAL, though, all fell by the same margin. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  Last night provided a hint of how much EMPIRE hurts BLACK-ISH. 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). […]

The final live+same day ratings for Game 1 of the 2015 World Series (14,944,000 persons 2+) puts the Mets-Royals game just behind 2010’s Texas at San Francisco Game 1, slightly above the average of Game 1 since 2006.  The adult 18-49 rating for Game 1 2015 (4.6) is a tenth of a rating point above […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 1, thanks in part to its length which put it in primetime across all time zones, didn’t change at all in final numbers, remaining at 4.6.  Elsewhere, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, THE VOICE, THE FLASH and NCIS each gained 0.1.  Additional note:  WICKED CITY scored particularly badly among Men 18-34, tying (with […]

World Series Game 1 on FOX (New York Mets at Kansas City Royals 10.27.2015) averaged a 4.6 adult 18-49 rating and 15.3 million viewers 2+ in the fast nationals for the prime time portion of the game.  Of course, last night’s game went well beyond 11 pm ET: a 14 inning affair that lasted over […]