NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS, 20/20 and the MAKING IT and DATELINE reruns lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.05 to 0.66, with the preceding clip show down 0.06 to 0.28.  Adult Swim’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.06 to 0.42, and 20/20 ticked down to 0.31. CBS:  After a special THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT at 0.32, reruns were at 0.21/0.24. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL gained 0.03 to 0.25, and DATELINE was up 0.02 to 0.35. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.09 to 0.54. CW:  Reruns […]

    The question, as it is every summer:  will the viewers come back in the fall? ABC:  DUETS got off to a bad start last week, and despite little competition, it was down to a 1.5 in its second installment.  ROOKIE BLUE was even with last week at 1.4, but that was 2d place […]

ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format.  It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million).  The younger demos (adults 18-49 and men 18-49) were only the best since 2013, but those […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, CBS and CW were preempted in local markets for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  After adjustment on CBS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL RISE and BULL all lost 0.1 (meaning that compared to last fall’s premieres they were respectively down 0.1/0.2/0.3, while BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA remained down 0.2).  […]

  At least there was a little variety in which reruns scored best last night. CBS:  It was MIKE & MOLLY on top with a 1.5 rerun, and 2 BROKE GIRLS behind it at 1.4, both ahead of the usual leader, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and also MOM, both at 1.2.  The network threw […]

  NBC’s curse continues. NBC:  The network really thought it had something with the dating show READY FOR LOVE, promoting it like crazy and clearing Tuesdays of Go On, The New Normal and Smash so it could pair 2-hour episodes with THE VOICE.  But last night’s blah result was a 1.6, and as Mitch Metcalf […]