NETWORK UPDATE:  BLACK-ISH and CODE BLACK lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s newly-renewed AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL slid 0.08 to 1.40, but still carried the night.  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE shot up 0.56 to 1.18–perhaps viewers can explain what caused last night’s number to nearly […]

        NETWORK RATINGS:  As will be the case for the next 2 weeks or so, there was no morning ratings text today, so we’ll provide fuller analysis of the finals: ABC:  Between 0.7/0.8 sitcom reruns, a pair of new ALEX INC half-hours were at 0.7/0.6, compared to last week’s 0.6.  DESIGNATED SURVIVOR […]

  The veterans showed why they’re still the elite. 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:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  There were no changes to the preliminary ratings for THE ESPYS or SALVATION.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC topped Wednesday cable at 0.52, down 0.03 from last […]

  Not a good night for anyone. 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 follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM episode of TRIAL & ERROR and theYOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, CW must have had major market baseball preemptions, because the reruns of both BURDEN OF TRUTH and BLACK LIGHTNING were down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but EXTANT fell 0.1 to a dangerously low 0.6.  The first half-hour of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW also dropped 0.1, while LAST COMIC STANDING gained the same.  On ABC, the season finale of CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP picked up 0.1, while the rerun of THE MIDDLE lost the same.  CABLE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and A WICKED OFFER lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Donald Trump Show came to CNN, and the network basked in his ratings glow, with a massive 4.94 in 18-49s (and […]