The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 16 and Sunday August 17, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship 1.0 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (+14% from 0.9 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS [CHART UPDATED WITH NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on AMAZON] ABC:  After an episode of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 0.45, the special NORMAN LEAR: 100 YEARS was at 0.29. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.36/0.35 & 0.19/0.14, BIG BROTHER dropped 0.08 to 0.62. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER franchise returned, with ORGANIZED CRIME […]

  REVENGE went out with some dignity. 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:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 2d hour of COUPLED and the full CW line-up (both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and MADTV) lost the same.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN took Tuesday cable honors, down 0.04 to 0.93. OWN’s THE HAVES AND […]

> FOX has announced the premiere dates for their Fall 2011 season.  They’re not featuring any special “previews” before the season officially begins, unlike The CW, but they will have some late premieres (partly due to baseball interrupting their schedule in October).  FOX carries the Emmys on Sunday Sept. 18, and then their shows will […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At this point, it’s far from a surprise that all of ABC’s sitcoms gained in afternoon adjusted ratings:  THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH by 0.1, and MODERN FAMILY by 0.2.  (No goodies for NASHVILLE, though.)  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Wednesday (plus a few other lower-rated […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, the rerun BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.3, the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.2, and DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 5.09, up 0.54 from last […]

  Some moderately promising numbers for ABC. 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 […]