Even EMPIRE wasn’t quite so mammoth last night. 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 […]

  Depending on the network, comparisons are to episodes which did or didn’t compete with last week’s giant College Football Championship Game, making some look better than others. 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 […]

> Pending the return of The Voice and NBC’s high hopes for Smash, THE OFFICE is the closest thing hte network has to a successful television show.  As the series greets a new hour-mate in Up All Night, let’s take a look at how it’s conducting its business. WHERE WE LEFT OFF:  Andy (Ed Helms) […]

  The gang’s all here, now that ABC has joined NBC, CBS, FOX and CW and announced the dates of its season finales.  Here’s the rundown: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8:30PM:  The Neighbors WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 8PM:  Suburgatory (1-hour finale) THURSDAY MAY 2 8PM:  Wife Swap SUNDAY MAY 5 10PM:  Red Widow TUESDAY MAY 7 8PM:  Splash […]

  Season finales began rolling in. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 14 and Sunday February 15, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.84 rating CBS 1:00 pm Baylor at Kansas 0.35 rating FOX 12:30 pm […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Golf PGA: […]

> It being a Friday, not a single show on network television could even manage a 2 rating in 18-49s.  Even within that narrow radius, though, there was room to be a loser. CBS:  A GIFTED MAN (see our Pilot + 1 Review) had little room to fall after a blah debut, and now it […]