NOTE TO READERS:  Afternoon charts this week will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated later in the day with full format.  Charts are now updated to normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD swapped 0.1s in final numbers, the former up and the latter down.  In addition, […]

  SIGNIFICANT MOTHER had a passable 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 follow […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun slipped by 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The biggest ratings news of the night was the awful swoon by E!’s I AM CAIT, which lost more than half its premiere rating, down 0.58 to 0.57.  (Lead-in STEWARTS & HAMILTONS behaved likewise, down 0.23 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for AQUARIUS to an even-worse 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We’re informed by fans that the Adult Swim late-night Saturday line-up is full of shows that while not technically “originals” (so they don’t appear on the charts below) had never before been shown in their […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated. NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE and the reruns of MASTERCHEF and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS […]

  The title BACHELOR IN PARADISE didn’t refer to its ratings. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Golf PGA: […]

  The ratings for AQUARIUS were slightly less embarrassing this week. 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 […]