Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): College football took up 6 of the top 7 slots on Saturday cable, with more farther down the list, ranging from 0.12 for a late ESPN2 game to 1.80 for the mother network’s primetime coverage.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from Friday’s preliminary ratings was a 0.1 dip for the 8:30PM rerun of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY on CW. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s NBA BASKETBALL coverage took over the top 2 cable […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 9 Sunday 14.2 rating FOX 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly ARI-DAL) 7.8 rating […]

  Even Sundays are getting problematic for FOX. 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 […]

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). A horrific night for network TV Saturday, when even college football could […]

  The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags 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 […]

  After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood.  The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials.  Those very few who enjoyed the shows needn’t start weeping just yet, though:  since The Blacklist was already […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got a lot uglier for CBS once THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was removed from its affiliates’ ratings for the night.  Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held onto its 4.1 (season-low) rating, MOM fell 0.2 to 2.5, 2 1/2 MEN dropped 0.3 to 2.4, THE MCCARTHYS lost 0.2 to 1.7, and ELEMENTARY was […]