BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.18. CBS:  HOME FOR THE HOILIDAYS was at 0.25, followed by a rerun at 0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.44/0.30/0.32, followed by THE WHEEL at 0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 to 0.55. CW:  THE CHOSEN MESSENGER was at 0.09, followed by a rerun at 0.08. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON lost 0.03 […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings […]

NOTE: This was another night where half a dozen NFL exhibition football games inflated the preliminary ratings, making week-to-week comparisons pointless.  We’ll hold our analysis for our Network Update post on Monday afternoon. Tonight’s major event is the season finale of POWER on Starz. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.07 to 0.52, THE GOLDBERGS fell 0.07 to 0.35, and ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.04 to 0.55.  The season finale of HOME ECONOMICS was at 0.36, up 0.04 from last week and up 0.07 from the 2022 finale.  The season finale of BIG SKY was at 0.25, up 0.04 […]

  Fans of HANNIBAL shouldn’t get too excited about its preliminary 0.8 series finale rating.  NFL PRESEASON coverage made these early numbers all but worthless, with preemptions that included ABC in Cleveland (CLE-TB) and Baltimore (WAS-BAL), NBC in New York (NYJ-NYG) and Washington DC (WAS-BAL), and FOX in Chicago (CHI-CIN) and Minneapolis (MIN-DAL).  We’ll look […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.79.  NBC’s COMEDY & MUSIC SUPERFEST was at 0.23.  FOX aired PERFECT 10 at 0.09 and FIRST THINGS FIRST at 0.08.  On CW, the season premiere of MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

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). ###