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). ###

      NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.2 after adjustment to 3.1, while ABC’s stayed at 1.4, and NBC’s BREEDERS CUP coverage remained at 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A quartet of ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL games took 4 of the day’s Top […]

  AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. is The Big One, not just for ABC but for any network this fall.  A spin-off of one of the most successful movies ever made (and part of a gigantically successful ongoing franchise), co-written and directed by the film’s director himself–who just happens to be a brilliant TV auteur in his […]

The third night of the Republican National Convention totaled 22.8 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable news channels, well above the 19.4 million on Tuesday and a touch above the 22.5 million Monday.  Compared to prior conventions, last night was above the third night of 2012 but below 2008 with both […]

> GCB gives, even while DST taketh away. ABC:  GCB is a very bad show, but not an unpopular one.  Its 2.3 inched up over last week’s premiere, at least in preliminary numbers, and seemed to squeak out a timeslot victory, by 0.1 over NBC and 0.2 over CBS.  It still looks awfully weak to […]

  Not a lot of change. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.8, and NBC’s to 0.8, while FOX’s stayed at 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There were 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL games in Saturday’s Top 10 (and 4 more in the next 10), with ESPN’s […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up 0.3 to 0.7, and FOX’s BIG EAST game adjusted down 0.2 to 0.2.  In addition, ONE NIGHT FOR ONE DROP, RANSOM and the SNL rerun all lost 0.1 in final numbers.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]