NOTE:  Nielsen is slowly grinding its way back up to date, and as of late Wednesday morning PT we don’t yet have Saturday network finals, nor do we have any Saturday cable ratings beyond the Top 150 (which means that for now we don’t have the full Adult Swim line-up, among others). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION each gained 0.1 and SCANDAL fell the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The bombings in Syria put news at the top of Thursday cable.  CNN and Fox News […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Monday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN and its COLLEGE FOOTBALL games owned New Year’s Day, with the Georgia vs. Oklahoma game at 7.55, and Alabama vs. Clemson at 6.32, both […]

  Preseason SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL arrived. 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 the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA AWARDS lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 1.14/0.92.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK returned at 0.68, and BROAD CITY was at 0.33.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW dropped […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL exhibition game preemptions, comparisons are to last week’s final Saturday ratings, rather than preliminary Sunday morning numbers.  NBC:  the GYMNASTICS special adjusted to 0.5, and HANNIBAL was steady at 0.3.  CBS:  PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage pushed the primetime line-up by half an hour, and all the night’s reruns were down 0.2, to 0.3/0.5/0.6.  ABC:  the […]

  Small changes. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from preliminary ratings for Friday night.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH ruled Friday cable once again, up 0.03 to 1.00, with lead-out TREASURE QUEST down 0.04 to 0.45.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader games (Houston […]