Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at  least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due).  The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this morning!

  CW’s Thursday premieres were fairly steady. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for 9-1-1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.57/0.54/0.47 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.49/0.47, and MIZ & MRS was down 0.02 to 0.22.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was […]

  Netflix is notoriously about as open with its viewership numbers as Frank Underwood is with his political agendas.  But Variety has unearthed a metric that suggests HOUSE OF CARDS has returned with its second batch of episodes to a massive leap in subscriber interest.  On one (unnamed) internet service, a full 15% of Netflix […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SCORPION rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Until Monday Night Football returns, Monday cable will continue to belong to USA and VH1.  The former’s WWE telecast was at 1.21/1.17/1.14, compared to last week’s 1.29/1.27/1.18.  On […]

  Sunday’s numbers won’t be fully in until tomorrow, but bits of information are starting to arrive about some of last night’s event telecasts: In its simulcast airing on 9 cable networks owned by FOX, COSMOS added 0.8 to its FOX broadcast score among 18-49s, giving it a 2.9 total.  That’s a nice bump, but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  9JKL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast took Monday cable, although its 1.21/1.15/1.06 was far below last week’s 1.80/1.70/1.63.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.05/0.98, compared to last week’s 0.96/0.93.  Discovery’s STREET […]

  Hannibal didn’t eat anyone on the first Olympics-free Friday in a month. NBC:  HANNIBAL returned at 1.1, which was considerably below its series premiere 1.5 (which aired on a Thursday), but better than its postseason 0.7 season finale.  It was also slightly up from the 1.0 season finale of Dracula in that timeslot.  Hannibal […]