Other Nielsenwar Network Report Cards: NBC One massive hit can make up for an awful lot of failure. Have you met EMPIRE? Full Season To Date (thru May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 1.53 (#4), down 26.2% from last season (Note: FOX aired the Super Bowl in 2014-15; with that excluded, the year-to-year drop was […]
Has there ever been a #1 network as screwed up as this year’s edition of NBC? Full Season To Date (through May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 2.04 (#1), Down 13.7% From Last Season Season Grade: D+ What Happened: Sunday: NBC is at the top of the broadcast networks for one and a half reasons. […]
Over the past few days, in the lead-up to the gala Upfront ceremonies that will begin with NBC’s presentation to advertisers and the world on Monday morning, there’s been a steady stream of announcements and leaks about which broadcast network shows are being cancelled, renewed or picked-up to series. For decades, that news was […]
Nothing on the networks got past a 1.5 rating. 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: THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in adjusted numbers, although at 3.7, that still left it far behind last year’s 4.9 season finale. Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: With no NBA game scheduled, Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE took a share of the Thursday cable lead, up 0.07 from last week […]
Even the night’s leader lacked the big part of its bang. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: There was 0.1 worth of good news under the afternoon ratings tree for THE GOLDBERGS, NASHVILLE and ARROW. But CRIMINAL MINDS, BLACK-ISH, AMERICAN IDOL and SUPERNATURAL found 0.1 of coal instead. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Another night, another NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader on TNT, which owned the top of Wednesday cable with 2.03/1.65 ratings. Although considerably […]
Viewers seem to feel like the broadcast season can’t end soon enough. 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 […]