>Last night, NBC won the night, as usual, with Sunday Night Football.  NBC is averaging about a 7.1 Adult 18-49 Sunday from 7:30-11:00 (remember the 7:00 half hour does not air national commercials and is not rated) and the number will probably rise to a 7.8 in the official nationals, well above the 6.2 official […]

  The summer network season continued its quiet exit. 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 […]

HBO’s True Blood ticked up to a 2.7 rating, its best showing since the season premiere on June 10.  So far this season, True Blood started with a 2.9, then settled into a 2.6 for four straight weeks before hitting a 2.7 this past Sunday in its 9 pm time period.   At 10 pm Sunday on HBO, The […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  JANE THE VIRGIN and the reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and SWAT all lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE again led Wednesday cable, down a tick to 0.46, with the debut of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.09 to 0.56, and 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.40. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS fell 0.09 to 0.33, MAGNUM PI lost 0.04 to 0.45, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.06 to 0.47. NBC:  After a rerun of THAT’S MY JAM at 0.39, DATELINE was up 0.08 to 0.49. FOX:  […]

NOTE: The CBS numbers below do not include live viewing from 5-8pm PT on the West Coast, where both opponents in the NCAA semifinal #2 are based. The official nationals for the game (available Tuesday morning) will be at least +20% higher than the CBS time period numbers below.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY ticked down to 0.32, and THE WONDER YEARS was at 0.25 compared to last week’s 0.22/0.18.  Reruns followed at 0.20/0.20. CBS:  Reruns st 0.28/0.23/0.29/0.16. NBC:  LA FIRE & RESCUE returned at 0.29, followed by reruns at 0.22/0.21. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was steady at 0.42, and FOOD STARS ticked up […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–Because of the NFL preseason preemptions on Friday night, comparisons are to last Friday’s numbers rather than the Saturday morning preliminaries.  ABC:  the SHARK TANK rerun was steady at 0.9, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 were each down 0.1 to 0.9 and 0.8.  CBS:  all the reruns were down, ELEMENTARY and HAWAII […]