Updated with corrected ABC-only numbers for NFL Monday Night Football. BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL aired on both broadcast and cable networks, and ABC’s portion was at 1.86. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.33/0.27/0.24 NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.73.  It was followed by 2 preview episodes of the upcoming sitcom AMERICAN AUTO at 0.36/0.27. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the 8PM half-hour of 60 MINUTES lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT slipped 0.02 to 0.19, the season finale of INSECURE was at 0.18, […]

  A steady 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 follow the […]

  The night belonged to country music.   CBS:  With virtually no competition on any other network, the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS romped to a 4.3, easily winning the night and up from 3.1 last year.  However, without last week’s NCAA overrun bump, 60 MINUTES was down 1.1 from last week to 1.4. NBC:  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.46, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.05 to 0.52, THE $100,000 PYRAMID ticked up to 0.45, and THE FINAL STRAW was up a tick to 0.30. CBS:  BIG BROTHER fell 0.12 to 0.79.  The remaining line-up had reruns at 0.35/0.23/0.20. NBC:  After GYMNASTICS at […]

> If you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t–and you care–consider this a SPOILER ALERT), the 13th episode of AMC’s series THE KILLING, its season finale, concluded on Sunday night without answering the question of just who killed Rosie Larsen.  Since this was what the series purportedly set out to do, it’s provoked the kind […]

> Game 7 of the NFL Stanley Cup playoffs (when the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks) achieved a 3.4 Adult 18-49 rating on NBC Wednesday.  In Tuesday’s TV News and Notes we said “Wednesday’s Game 7 could reach into the mid-3 rating”.  Now if only all the Fall TV Predictions could be that accurate….

  The returnees were somewhat soft. 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 […]