A busy night, but not a particularly well-watched one. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for THE BRIEFCASE and the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HGTV’s BROTHER VS BROTHER rode a 0.15 increase into the top slot on Wednesday cable, with lead-out HOUSE HUNTERS up 0.06 to 0.47, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.42.  THE GAME (BET) dropped 0.05 to 0.63, […]

  A sleepy night for network 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 comparisons follow […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  For the next several days, our cable ratings charts will be posted first in preliminary form, with the charts in their usual format following a few hours later.  Some delays are also likely.  UPDATE: Top 40 Originals chart now added. NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted up by 1.7 to a […]

  Basketball ate soccer. 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 the chart. ABC:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The final game of the STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up by 0.2 to 2.8.  The only other adjustments were at CW, where as expected the baseball preemptions led to 0.1 reductions for each rerun. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  No surprises at the top of Monday cable, which was led by VH1 and USA.  On […]

The climax of the NHL season took the night. 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 NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and the pre-game primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE fell correspondingly to 0.9.  In addition, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The hand-wringing about all the terrible things that happen on GAME OF THRONES certainly isn’t hurting the ratings, as its season finale was […]