A clip show took the night. 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 2). Ratings analysis and […]

  HOME ECONOMICS didn’t have a great 2nd week. 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 2). Ratings […]

> NBC not surprisingly settled down a bit from last week’s post-Super Bowl launch of its new Monday.  The Voice continues to set the pace for all the networks on Monday and is now about the same as American Idol‘s typical Wednesday rating — let the battle continue about which signing competition show reigns supreme!  […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

  AMERICAN CRIME:  Sunday 9PM Midseason on ABC THE FACTS:  John Ridley, this year’s Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner for 12 Years A Slave, has written a serialized crime drama very specifically about race, in which a Latino teen is arrested for the murder of the son of Timothy Hutton and Felicity Huffman. WHAT IT’S […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]

The NBA playoffs are really starting to lose steam, as the games this weekend were generally about 30% down from last year (or about two full household rating points lower).  The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 25, Sunday May 26 and Monday May […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE MASKED SINGER, SWAT, and CHICAGO FIRE.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A special episode of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK topped Wednesday cable at 0.82.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE was steady at […]