A better than usual night for THE VOICE. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the BIG BANG THEORY rerun, while the ORIGINALS rerun lost 0.1.  With quarter-hour numbers available, the value of the VOICE lead-in to THE NIGHT SHIFT is even clearer, as over the course of the latter’s hour, it tumbled 1.9/1.3/1.1/1.1, although it kept its […]

  THE FOLLOWING didn’t have much of one in its return. 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:  Things got even better for THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, which rose an additional 0.1 in final numbers.  DATELINE, too, had an extra tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): With February’s parade of Sunday events out of the […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s coverage of NCAA BASKETBALL continued to dominate Saturday cable, filling up 5 of the day’s Top 10 slots with ratings ranging from 0.75 to 0.36.  Sports also took the #2 slot, with Fox Sports 1’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the night’s SHARK TANK rerun.  There was an 0.1 dip for one of the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery owned Friday cable, with […]

  A trio of shows premiered last night, but only one did so impressively. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.91 rating CBS 12:00 pm Georgetown at St John’s 1.31 rating CBS 2:00 […]