BIG BROTHER’s gain couldn’t help SALVATION. 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 […]

Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention (President Obama, Senator Tim Kaine and VP Joe Biden speaking) attracted 23.7 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three major cable new channels, down 1.1 million from Night 2 (but that is a fairly typical decline for the DNC on Night 3).  In contrast, the RNC […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 5.0, a big number until you compare it to last week’s final 6.9.  Elsewhere, both GREY’S ANATOMY and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS had a good run for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 2 had a smaller adjustment in finals than Game 1, up 0.3 to 4.2, which left it down 0.6 from 2016’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR fell 0.1 to a new low 0.7, and THE BLACKLIST also lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There was some shuffling in the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ratings, as both NBC and CBS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and ABC lost the same.  Also down 0.1 were the reruns of the MADTV 20TH ANNIVERSARY special and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF and the SVU rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the ARROW rerun lost the same.  Note that in finals, SALVATION was rated as a 2-hour show with a rating of 0.5.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The midseason […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SVU gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (Note, the chart below has a mistake: DESIGNATED SURVIVOR aired a new episode.)           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Perhaps for the first time, MLB Network had the top show on cable Wednesday with the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.3, and FOX’s game to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the NATIONAL DOG SHOW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game topped Saturday cable at 1.26, with earlier games […]