NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHLORETTE, BIG SKY, FBI and NEXT all gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable at a steady 0.52, with a lead-out hour at 0.28.  Cable news was narrowly […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers awarded an extra 0.1 to CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, MADAM SECRETARY, THE SIMPSONS, BOOKLYN NINE-NINE, BOB’S BURGERS and CSI. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The holiday continued for REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA (Bravo), THE LIBRARIANS (TNT) and KOURTNEY & KHLOE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers in today’s final ratings. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As is usual for Mondays, cable bragging rights belonged to USA and VH1.  The former’s WWE was at 1.46-1.32 over its 3 […]

  Even ShondaLand is mortal. 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 chart. […]

  BATTLEBOTS and SPARTAN crumbled. 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 chart. […]

  Decent starts for some summer programming. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PRESEASON game adjusted up 0.03 to 1.9 in final numbers. Elsewhere, everything on ABC lost 0.1, leaving the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.9, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 1.1, FUNDERDOME at 0.7, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.6.  In addition, CANDY CRUSH dropped 0.1 to 0.4. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.3, and the pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to 0.9.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA Finals didn’t hurt MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION, up a robust 0.23 from last week to 1.21, with EX […]