NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and CHICAGO PD.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not unexpectedly, Impeachment II day was another big one for cable news, with CNN holding all of the Top 12 slots, […]

  Things didn’t get much better for AMERICAN IDOL on its second night. 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 […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for ABC’s primetime schedule for this season to date.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below.  Programs in the chart are grouped by night so you can see the audience flow from 8:00 […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX.  In fact, even its timeslot was supposedly set:  Mondays at 9PM, following House, where it would serve as a […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday June 9, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With the local football simulcast removed, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE lost 0.1 from this morning’s numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL led the night’s cable, down 0.19 from last week’s game […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of ONCE UPON A TIME, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and the primetime overrun of PGA GOLF gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DATELINE lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES (HBO) once again wore the Sunday crown, down 0.08 to 3.48.  Elsewhere on HBO, SILICON VALLEY dropped 0.11 to 0.92, LAST WEEK TONIGHT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FLASH, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games led Tuesday cable at 1.14/0.90., with NBATV’s game at 0.17  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dipped […]