Another little-watched summer Friday. 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 follows the chart. CBS:  After […]

>As we enter the second week of the May Sweep, FOX and ABC had very similar ratings to last week, while CBS popped up with a nice increase for Big Bang Theory.  On NBC, The Office was up a bit from last week, but NBC stayed at the same overall nightly number as last week […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SHARK BEACH special was at 0.28, followed by reruns at 0.29/0.26. CBS:  BIG BROTHER fell 0.15 to 0.66, and THE CHALLENGE was down 0.05 to 0.36.  A rerun followed at 0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.24/0.23/0.24. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, MASTERCHEF gained 0.03 to 0.44, and SO YOU THINK […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  CBS doesn’t typically cultivate daring in its fall schedules, but this year it’s making one exception.  Here’s a quick look (new shows are in ALL CAPS, new timeslots are in italics): MONDAY Sept-Oct 8PM:  The Big Bang Theory 8:30PM:  LIFE IN PIECES Nov 8PM:  SUPERGIRL 9PM:  Scorpion 10PM:  NCIS: LA Running Supergirl against Gotham isn’t as […]

>FOX declined again last night as American Idol continues to erode.  However, viewers didn’t shift to the network competition as CBS was down a touch and ABC, as expected, was down significantly (repeats this week versus original episodes last week).  NBC premiered the comedy Bent with two episodes from 9-10 pm.  While they improved the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.35.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s PREMIER LEAGUE match was at 0.24, and a NASCAR race was at 0.15.  ESPNs UFC FIGHT NIGHT was also at 0.24 with PRELIMS at 0.15.  Reeiz’s ON PATROL rose 0.05 to 0.24.  On Food Network, […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look back at the complete 2014-2015 television season.  NBC’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for […]