BROADCAST FINALS:  The primetime leader was ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 0.85, although it was outrated by the late-night season premiere of NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE at 0.92.  Back in primetime, FOX’s MLB game was at 0.29, and the first part of CW’s IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL was at 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

> CBS won the first Monday of the May Sweep — not so much because it had an exceptional night but because NBC Monday continues to trend down as The Voice wheezes to the finish line.  See how Monday night’s ratings affected the May Sweep standings to date here.               […]

  NASCAR led a slow night. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

Note: The NBC numbers below (NFL Wildcard Game coverage in the Eastern/Central time zones and mostly local programs in the primetime hours in the West) will go up around 15% to 20% in the official nationals on Tuesday morning. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  On both CBS and NBC, the 8PM shows (the season finales of BIG BROTHER and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT) gained 0.1 in final numbers at the expense of the 10PM lead-outs (the season finale of SALVATION and the season premiere of THE GOOD PLACE).  In addition, the 8PM hour of […]

>Jersey Shore’s finale took the top spot on the cable chart this week.  Not so much because it was up (it increased only one tenth of a rating point from last week) — rather, ESPN’s Monday Night Football was way down to a 3.3 Adult 18-49 rating (down from 5.0 last week and 6.9 the […]

  STATE OF AFFAIRS passed its first test last night, if not with flying colors. 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 […]

      Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The final season premiere of FX’s SNOWFALL was at 0.24/0.17 compared to last year’s 0.34/0.24. On TBS, AEW: DYNAMITE rose 0.08 to 0.35, and POWER SLAP ticked up to 0.10.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.29/0.26.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.09 to 0.24.  […]