No major shifts. 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. FOX:  […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game and FOX’s MLB BASEBALL game each dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and the reruns of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and DOWNWARD DOG each lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s original movie THE WIZARD OF LIES […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 3.60 rating CBS 12:00 pm #11-UCLA vs #14-UAB 6.69 rating CBS 2:30 pm #1-Kentucky […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were some major adjustments due to local Preseason NFL preemptions.  On ABC, the rerun THE GOOD DOCTOR fell 0.3 and 20/20 was down 0.2.  On CBS, the line-up was respectively down 0.3/0.2/0.1.  FOX’s MASTERCHEF dropped 0.3.  NBC was least effected, with the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun down 0.1. […]

  FOX has become the 2nd network (after CW’s announcement yesterday) to schedule its season finales: THURSDAY MARCH 28 9PM:  Raising Hope FRIDAY APRIL 26 9PM:  Touch MONDAY APRIL 29 8PM:  Bones 9PM:  The Following TUESDAY MAY 7 9PM:  New Girl 9:30PM:  The Mindy Project THURSDAY MAY 9 9PM:  Glee SUNDAY MAY 12 8:30PM:  Bob’s […]

The networks oh-so-slowly began to climb out of their holiday cave. NBC:  What did PARENTHOOD ever do to justify its treatment by NBC?  The show has been subject to every kind of indignity throughout its run, and last night the network, in a rush to clear the decks of new episodes (to make way for […]

  Everyone knows that the shine of a post-Olympics “preview” berth doesn’t last long–just ask 2012’s Go On and Animal Practice.  But it’s at least supposed to provide a new show with a strong sampling.  Ironically, last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS ratings were so disastrous (2.6 in preliminary numbers–see Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details)  that ABOUT A […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PRESS YOUR LUCK and the rerun of THE FLASH lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of FX’s POSE was quite steady at 0.26, up 0.02 from last season’s premiere (on a Sunday) and […]