A good night for NBC and FOX. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We have another instance today of either the network or Nielsen mistakenly listing an original show as a rerun, which resulted in it being omitted from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable at 0.58 (up 0.28 from last week’s SPECIAL EDITION episode), with the lead-in hour up 0.04 to […]

  A couple of notes:  last night’s CBS line-up was delayed by 49 minutes in most of the country due to NFL overrun, so it’s subject to more adjustment than usual.  But because of Thanksgiving, it’s going to take Nielsen several days to catch up with network finals and cable ratings, beginning with last Wednesday’s […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the SCORPION rerun. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To no one’s surprise, the COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME won the night for ESPN with 8.26, and the network had the night’s Top 5 slots.  However, that was well […]

  The new season may have its first hit. 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). Ratings analysis and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM DOUBT fell 0.1 in final numbers to a terrible-even-for-Saturday 0.1.  In addition, UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped the night, down 0.08 from last Saturday to 0.60.  (HBO listed the […]