The STATE OF AFFAIRS is grave. 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 […]

  COLLEGE FOOTBALL had the lead. 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 follows the […]

  HBO’s Aaron Sorkin opus THE NEWSROOM fared well in its Season 2 premiere last night, drawing 2.2M total viewers (plus another 400K for the late-night re-airing).  Demo info won’t be available until tomorrow, but that should translate into a solid 0.9-1.0 in 18-49s.  The total viewer number isn’t quite a series record–the Season 1 […]

  HEROES was sorta REBORN. 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. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s ARETHA special and NBC’s WORLD OF DANCE, and FOX’s rerun of THE SIMPSONS, each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD inched up 0.04 to 1.77, with TALKING DEAD up a heartier […]

        NOTE: Because of the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the next post for cable & broadcast nationals will be on Monday December 2 with ratings for Wednesday November 27. Click here for a summary of all the upcoming holiday delays. Fast affiliate-based broadcast ratings for the prior night will continue each morning […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game and the 9PM CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM SUPERNATURAL rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, Thursday cable was obsessed with James Comey’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 gain for the NASCAR race on FOX. SATURDAY CABLE:  On BBC America, ORPHAN BLACK was up very slightly to 0.25, with follow-up IN THE FLESH barely registering at 0.03.  ESPN dominated the night with a 2.7 for its NBA PLAYOFFS game. SUNDAY CABLE:  […]