BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK was steady at 0.44, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.38. CBS:  SWAT ticked up to 0.41, FIRE COUNTRY gained 0.03 to 0.44, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.04 to 0.35. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ rose 0.08 to 0.29, GRAND CREW climbed 0.05 to 0.23, and DATELINE was up […]

  AMC:  With one week to go until its fall finale, THE WALKING DEAD was of course at the top of the night, with a combined 7.0 (up 0.3 from last week) for its two primetime airings.  As has become traditional, this was only behind the week’s network football games (Sunday and Thanksgiving night) as […]

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). ###

NBC Monday inched up a tenth of a rating point from the last two weeks — a very solid night top to bottom.  CBS appears to have had a good night (the best Monday in three weeks), but that 2.8 rating is probably inflated by at least two tenths of a rating point because of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.33.  (Last year’s Game 1 aired on NBC Sports Net at 0.48.) CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.29/0.27. FOX:  MASTERCHEF dipped 0.03 to 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.04 to 0.31. CW:  THE FLASH fell […]

  May Sweeps didn’t begin with a (big) BANG. 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 […]

  CBS’s Olympics counterprogramming had a solid start. 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 […]

Note:  NBC ratings below inflated somewhat by a local pre-emption for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in New Orleans (also airing nationally on ESPN). FOX ratings below inflated somewhat by a similar pre-emption in Charlotte. Each network should decline about one tenth of a rating point in the official nationals later today. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]