AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The news only got worse for FOX, as THE MINDY PROJECT slipped another 0.1 to reach a new low 1.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  In its 2d outing, BEING MARY JANE (BET) fell 0.3 to 1.2, still enough to top last night’s cable originals (although behind an Adult Swim rerun of FAMILY GUY).  PRETTY […]

  Due to last night’s primetime Supreme Court announcement, the early ratings for NBC, ABC, FOX and CBS are likely to be adjusted, so we’ll hold our look at their numbers for finals this afternoon. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, football adjustment took some of the wind out of CBS’s morning sails, but not for THE BIG BANG THEORY, which held its full 4.1 rating.  As for the rest:  LIFE IN PIECES lost 0.3, MOM and ELEMENTARY fell 0.2, and 2 BROKE GIRLS was down 0.1.  There were no […]

  College sports controlled 5 of the top 6 slots on Saturday cable, with ESPN’s COLLEGE BOWL games led by the primetime game at 1.72, with afternoon games at 0.92 and 0.63, and COLLEGE BASKETBALL on ESPN2 at 1.08 and 0.41.  (Plus another college basketball game at 0.33.)  The sports was broken up by a […]

> America knows what it wants this holiday season:  a flying middle-aged reindeer and lots of lingerie models! CBS:  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER first aired (on NBC) in 1964, and 47 years later, it’s still going strong.  Its 4 rating easily won the 8PM time period.  (Here’s a fun fact about Rudolph, courtesy of Wikipedia:  […]

> NBC has followed up its announcement of its midseason schedule with a surprisingly timid order for 2 back-up scripts for GRIMM.  (In comparison, last month the network ordered 6 back-up scripts for the now-deceased Prime Suspect.)   It’s certainly true that Grimm has only aired 3 episodes thus far of its initial 13 episode order, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 led Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP up 0.05 to 1.13, as BASKETBALL WIVES gained 0.09 to 1.04. USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.06/1.05/1.03, compared […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 6 and Sunday July 7, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   NASCAR returned to the top of the sports heap this weekend, up 18% over the […]