BROADCAST FINALS ABC; AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS lost 0.05 to 0.42, AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.06 to 0.65, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.02 to 0.25. CBS: After powerhouse afternoon NCAA TOURNAMENT games at 1.89/2.75, primetime was up across the board: 60 MINUTES by a tenth to 1.03, THE EQUALIZER by 0.14 to […]
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. TROPHY WIFE: Tuesday 9:30PM on ABC – If Nothing Else is On… If you like your comedy innocuous, TROPHY WIFE may fit the bill. The title is ironic: although Kate (Malin Akerman) is the young, beautiful third wife of Peter (Bradley Whitford), she’s not after his money–he’s […]
CBS dominates, without a singing competition to be seen. CBS: THE BIG BANG THEORY, 2 1/2 MEN and PERSON OF INTEREST all had their best outings of the season. Big Bang was particularly impressive, up 0.4 to a huge 5.5 that almost equaled the 4 other networks combined. Men was up just a tick to […]
> MISSING: Premieres Thursday 8PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… If you’ve seen any of the commercials for ABC’s new MISSING, you know that it’s basically Ashley Judd playing Liam Neeson’s role in Taken, and on the basis of the pilot, really that’s all you need to know. The show is pure […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 1.98 rating ABC 8:30 […]
An up-and-down night at CW. 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 […]
A steady 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 comparisons follow the […]
NETWORK UPDATE: EMPIRE was the only Wednesday show to grow from morning numbers, with an additional 0.1 that put its rating at an even more amazing 5.8. Is there any doubt it’ll hit a 6 by its season finale in 2 weeks? Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus […]