>FOX is beginning to stabilize around a 5 rating on Wednesday night with American Idol.  CBS declined almost a full rating point from last week, but it had a good excuse: two-thirds of its line up was repeat programming.  And yet The Eye stayed in second place, above a 2 rating.  ABC also had a […]

  Due to last Wednesday’s holiday, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8:30PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and NBC stayed on top in broadcast STATE OF THE UNION coverage, although the rating adjusted to 1.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Perhaps not surprisingly, this President’s STATE […]

NBC does the other networks a favor. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT didn’t air last night in favor of a FEAR FACTOR special, which shot a hole in the network’s ratings for the night.  Fear only managed a 1.3, and that pulled AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR down to 1.4, off half a ratings point from its last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the rerun of THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, and as expected, CW’s line-up of a rerun THE FLASH and a new IZOMBIE had a 0.2 drop after the network’s NY preemption was calculated out.  This changed IZOMBIE from being up 0.1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SINGLE PARENTS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, down 0.12 to 0.51, with lead-in RIDICULOUSNESS. at 0.22 compared to last week’s 0.30/0.28  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW edged up 0.02 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage increased by 0.1 to 10.0 in final numbers.  In addition, MADTV lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN and USA switched slots from last Tuesday’s cable ratings, with OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS on top, down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Due to the combination of holidays, football and specials, the English-language networks hadn’t aired their regular Sunday line-ups in several months, so we won’t be including weekly comparisons here. ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.43, the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.61, down 0.32 from the February 2022 […]