NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.4, down 1.6 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.59, down 0.18 from last week.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.41/0.34.  On A&E, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB coverage and the 9PM hour of 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.44, up 0.02 from last week, the network’s morning WIMBLEDON coverage was […]

The party’s over…. NBC:  Quotes from a commercial that doesn’t exist– “NBC, you’ve just had 17 days of fantastic, record-breaking Olympics ratings, and spent every day promoting your new shows non-stop to hundreds of millions of viewers!  What are you gonna do now?” “I’m going straight to the toilet!!” Yes, NBC quickly discovered just how […]

Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week).  The first Thursday Night Football game on CBS averaged a preliminary 5.5 adult 18-49 rating, and that will go up to around a 6.4 rating in the official nationals.  In addition, the NFL Network portion of the […]

  The night didn’t offer much good ratings news outside of Shondaland. 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). […]

>Last network standing: would you believe NBC? NBC: Not only did the network tie for the lead on the night, but all 3 of its shows were up. THE VOICE's results hour was the highest rated show of the evening, and, BIGGEST LOSER had its 2d highest rating in 6 weeks, and FASHION STAR hit […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun, 60 MINUTES went down 0.2 to 2.5.  Elsewhere, FAMILY GUY, the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun all lost 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY gained 0.06 to 0.60, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rose 0.05 to 0.59, and BLACK-ISH was steady at 0.42.  The sitcoms then aired reruns at 0.27/0.24. CBS:  Returning from 2 weeks of reruns, FBI dropped 0.12 to 0.63, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.05 to 0.60, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.05 […]