> FROM OUR MUSIC CORRESPONDENT ALICEN SCHNEIDER: Every few months I send out a sampler of songs that I’m excited about.   It originated from a number of people continuously asking me what was floating my boat, and oftentimes I couldn’t articulate an answer on the spot, due to the circumstances of the moment when they […]

We all know that voters in around a dozen battleground states really decide the Presidential election (and more precisely, voters in a handful of very competitive counties in those states really decide who wins).  According to the very good analysis by Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com, President Obama has a comfortable lead in 16 states and the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, up 0.1 from last week’s final.  Elsewhere, on CBS, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1 and MADAM SECRETARY lost the same, while on FOX, BOB’S BURGERS fell 0.2 after football adjustment and FAMILY GAME rose 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  A small dip for the 2nd week of FOR LIFE. 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 […]

The second night of the Republican National Convention declined to 19.4 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable networks in the 10-11 pm ET hour (from 22.5 million Monday) and now slightly below the comparable night in 2012 and 2008.   Viewing in the 25-54 sales demographic really suffered, falling to 5.7 […]

Our weekly round-up of weekend sports ratings is moving from Monday mornings to Tuesday mornings in a new and improved format.  Instead of reporting only household ratings from the 56 largest TV markets with local Nielsen meters (covering about 70% of the USA), the new Tuesday report will feature full national ratings (live+same day) for […]

  The GRAMMY AWARDS slowed their decline. 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 […]

>Don’t Trust the B- in Apt 23 had an okay second outing last night, while Revenge returned acceptably at best.  American Idol dropped again this week (after a brief bout of stability last Wednesday), but Idol remains comfortably ahead of this week’s The Voice in the weekly singing competition popularity contest.          […]