THE NIGHT SHIFT had an unusually perky night.  In addition, note that in the post-midnight realm, LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN had a solid start with older audiences, premiering at 1.4 in total households, ahead of the 1.2 for LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.  In 18-49s, though, Meyers was ahead of Corden, 0.5 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.8 in finals.  Local preemptions may have hit NBC, as the rerun of SUPERSTORE and DATELINE both fell 0.2, and the SNL rerun was down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  A MANN’S WORLD isn’t the usual run of busted pilot.  Produced by Warner Bros for consideration by NBC, it’s quite skillfully written and directed by Michael Patrick King, and it has a dramatic vision that sets it apart from mere failed genre efforts.  It also has a very […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NOTE: Ratings for FOX’s 8:00 pm MASKED SINGER special and NBC’s 8PM ELLEN’S GREATEST NIGHT OF GIVEAWAYS rerun aren’t available today.   Elsewhere, LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE and the SURVIVOR reunion special gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the BLACK-ISH and 9PM ELLEN’S GREATEST NIGHT OF GIVEAWAYS […]

NOTE: Broadcast and Cable Nationals will be posted later today when available. 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 […]

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). ###

Cable nationals for Wednesday 4.15.2015 are delayed by Nielsen.  They should be available early Friday morning, probably by 6:30 am PT / 9:30 am ET. UPDATE: Wednesday 4.15.2015 cable nationals are now posted. Meantime, here are the official live+same day ratings for Wednesday April 15, 2015 broadcast programs only:  

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.5, the same rating as last year’s season premiere.  As expected, there were major adjustments at FOX, where a rerun of THE SIMPSONS fell from 3.8 to 1.1, the 8:30PM LAST MAN STANDING rerun dropped from 1.2 to 0.6, and the FAMILY GUY […]