NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 5.4.  In addition, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HERE AND NOW had an unpromising premiere at 0.20 (particularly bad because it had a 0.60 lead-in from another […]

  NBC went back to being the convention network of choice, with a 1.3 rating for Night 2 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, far ahead of ABC’s 0.7 and CBS’s 0.4. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dropped 0.08 to 0.71, and QUEENS was down 0.05 from last week’s premiere to 0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.37/0.33. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.11 to 0.77, LA BREA gained 0.04 to 0.59, and NEW AMSTERDAM was up 0.03 to 0.37. FOX:  Game 1 of the WORLD SERIES was at […]

The Memorial Day holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday May 27 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday May 31 at 1 pm (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday May 28 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday June 1 at 6 am (normally […]

  The broadcast networks are putting an unprecedented amount of original programming on their airwaves this summer.  With the exception of CBS, which just began ramping up its summer campaign with the return of Big Brother last week, most of the networks have aired at least a fresh hour per night Sunday-Thursday throughout June, and […]

  AMC:  In the single least-surprising development of the season (perhaps the century), THE WALKING DEAD has just been renewed for a 5th season.  Slightly more surprisingly, it appears as though Scott M. Gimple, with survival skills his predecessors lacked, will return as showrunner.  On Sunday, Walking Dead was down a slight 0.3 airing against […]

> We’re deep in the holiday TV season, and even with new episodes on most of the networks, viewership was on the low side. FOX:  GLEE and NEW GIRL have never bounced back from their baseball preemptions, and both continue their downward trajectory, although they’re still quite successful.  (Creatively, the Christmas Glee episode poured on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HEARTBEAT lost 0.1.  On the rerun front, THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.1, while BLACK-ISH and SVU were down the same.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games dominated the night at 1.43/1.19, Cleveland vs. […]