ROSEANNE wasn’t the only show facing a down arrow. 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 […]

      NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), our afternoon cable posts, which usually go up around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted around 5PM PDT, with text to follow.   NETWORK FINALS:  Live sports meant adjustments, with ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game ending up at 1.5, and NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Nielsen has roused from its holiday slumbers, so we’re beginning to catch up with last week’s fast national ratings.  CODE BLACK and the BLACK-ISH rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers, while EMPIRE and the rerun of THE GOLDBERGS gained the same.  (Note:  the “SP” label for many of the night’s shows […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC naturally owned Sunday cable, with THE WALKING DEAD down 0.17 from last week’s midseason premiere to 6.58, and TALKING DEAD down 0.42 to 2.68, with COMIC BOOK MEN down 0.22 […]

  The shows that fell last week didn’t bounce back. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL games gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As is often the case on Saturdays, sports was in control of the cable box, although it’s less typical for soccer to be the dominant sport. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to sports preemptions, there were heavy adjustments in final numbers.  On ABC, the respective reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOMEVIDEOS, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and IN AN INSTANT were down 0.3/0.3/0.2.  On CBS, the reruns of 48 HOURS and DIANA:  HER LIFE & DEATH were down 0.6/0.5.  FOX’s reruns of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, CHICAGO PD and ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE 100 lost the same amount. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): AMERICAN HORROR STORY (FX) lost 0.19 from its Halloween week episode, but still […]