NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 boost to the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Golden State/Houston NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN towered over the rest of broadcast and cable at 3.41.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.28-1.14, down roughly a tenth from last week.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was up 0.06 to 1.08, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the 8PM half-hour of 60 MINUTES lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT slipped 0.02 to 0.19, the season finale of INSECURE was at 0.18, […]

  The networks continued to ease into holiday mode. 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 […]

  Last night’s festival of season/series finales was also a riot of off-hour running times, and there will be more than the usual number of afternoon adjustments once final numbers are on.  The analysis below features updated American Idol, The Office  and Hannibal numbers from the ones in this morning’s chart.  Note from the “if […]

  Solid results for ABC’s fall finales. 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 […]

  Anyone who’s been following the tumult in television, typified by the recently-concluded WGA strike and the ongoing-as-of-this-post SAG-AFTRA strike, knows that a key issue for the industry is that the streamers, who now dominate the programming landscape, keep their metrics deeply opaque.  This is their firm policy not just with their talent, but even […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of premieres, with PRESS YOUR LUCK at 0.41, GENERATION GAP at 0.46, and FATAL FLAW at 0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.23/0.19/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.28/0.22. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.26. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.03. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS rose 0.07 to 0.36, AMOR VALIENTA was gained 0.03 to 0.25, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for 20/20, MACGYVER, THE BLACKLIST and WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT was at 0.59/0.34.  Cable news was led by the 3PM CNN NEWSROOM […]