NBC’s exit from the Thursday scripted pool gave it an upgrade. 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). […]
NETWORK UPDATE: BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers. (Footnote: after EXTANT sets its series low 0.6 this morning, CBS announced that beginning next week, it will move to 9PM with BIG BROTHER as its lead-in, rather than following a CRIMINAL MINDS rerun.) MASTERCHEF also received an 0.1 bump, as did the rerun of SUPERNATURAL. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A&E’s […]
THE ESPYS enjoyed their move to broadcast TV. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The ALL-STAR GAME adjusted to 3.1 in final numbers. In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT swapped 0.1, the first up and the second down. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS gained two-tenths to take the Tuesday cable lead at 1.01. THE DEADLIEST CATCH didn’t air last week due to […]
NOTE: This post will be updated with the official national ratings for the 2015 All-Star Game, when available later today. The All-Star Game on FOX on July 14, 2015 is currently averaging a 2.8 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm ET in the fast nationals and should go up to around a 3.0 adult 18-49 rating in […]
Baseball’s ALL-STAR GAME was a little dimmer this year. 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 […]
ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format. It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million). The younger demos (adults 18-49 and men 18-49) were only the best since 2013, but those […]
NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RUNNING WILD and CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s coverage of baseball’s HOME RUN DERBY easily won the night at 2.54, and was up a healthy 0.42 over last year. See Mitch Metcalf’s in-depth analysis of the Derby ratings here. Related […]