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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

        NETWORK FINALS;  After adjustment for football preemption, ABC’s CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS and THE GOOD DOCTOR, and NBC’s A VERY PENTATRONIX CHRISTMAS, all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dominated Monday cable, but had a steep 0.84 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A double helping of COLLEGE FOOTBALL put ESPN firmly on top of Friday cable, with the primetime game at 0.96 and the late game at 0.58, and Fox […]

  NOTE:  The COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Alabama def. Clemson 45-40) aired on ESPN (and affiliated networks) at 8:30 pm ET. Ratings for the game will be available later today, and will undoubtedly dominate the Monday picture. Last year’s game (Ohio State def. Oregon 42-20 on 1.12.2015) averaged 11.0 18-49 rating and 33,246,000 persons 2+ […]

NOTE: Fast affiliate-based nationals continue to be distorted by a high number of pre-emptions in large markets for local breaking news. The numbers below represent viewing in primetime on over 200 local stations for each network (some combination of the network schedule and local news coverage in many places).  In light of this, we’re going […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a little solace for the networks in some of the adjusted numbers.  NBC, CBS and ABC all went up at 8PM, and while NCIS and THE VOICE had 0.1 hikes, AGENTS OF SHIELD climbed 0.2–although that still left it down 0.1 from its previous episode.  (THE ORIGINALS rerun dropped 0.1.)  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Probably due to timeslot adjustment from the STANLEY CUP FINALS, SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MEGYN KELLY lost 0.3 in final numbers, while the STANLEY CUP game itself adjusted up 0.2 to 2.3.  In addition, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1, while the premiere of FUNDERDOME lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official […]

  Only one show last night topped a 1.5 rating. ABC:  An 8PM SHARK TANK only managed a 1.2, but the 9PM season finale zoomed up to a 1.9, easily the highest-rated show of the night (but down a tick from last week).  2d highest:  the 1.5 for 20/20, although that was down 0.2 from […]