Not a tuneful evening. ABC: The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS collapsed to a 3.4, the highest non-football of the night and somewhat higher than what ABC has been doing on Sundays, but down 0.9 from last year’s telecast. FOX: Without the benefit of last Sunday’s NFL overtime lead-in, THE SIMPSONS and BOB’S BURGERS were way down […]
ABC is glad last night happened after its Upfronts. ABC: With the exception of THE MIDDLE, which stayed even (albeit at its season low 1.9), everything plunged: SUBURGATORY‘s season finale down 0.3 to a new low 1.8, MODERN FAMILY down an ugly 0.5 to a season low 3.9, DON’T TRUST THE B___ […]
NETWORK UPDATE: There were 0.1 boosts for the reruns of SHARK TANK, BLUE BLOODS and HAWAII 5-0. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was TNT’s turn to air NBA PLAYOFFS and claim the top of Friday cable at 2.27. Adult Swim’s CHILDRENS HOSPITAL jumped by 0.18 to place 2d at 0.62, but FISHCENTER fell 0.12 to 0.28. […]
Note that ABC’s line-up followed afternoon coverage of an NFL Playoffs game, which may have inflated its primetime ratings. 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 […]
NETWORK FINALS: After adjustment for the PGA Championship overrun, 60 MINUTES fell 0.3 and BIG BROTHER gained 0.3. In addition, the TEEN CHOICE AWARDS lost 0.1, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS dropped 0.3, the rerun of BOB’S BURGERS was down 0.2, and the rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS lost 0.1 […]
NETWORK FINALS: CBS’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.2 after adjustment to 3.1, while ABC’s stayed at 1.4, and NBC’s BREEDERS CUP coverage remained at 0.3. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A quartet of ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL games took 4 of the day’s Top […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Even mighty HBO felt the drain of Memorial Day weekend, as GAME OF THRONES sank by 0.71 to 3.25. The rest of the line-up fared better, with […]
NETWORK FINALS: PENN & TELLER: TRY THIS AT HOME lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE franchise remained dominant on Monday cable at 0.77/0.50/0.44, compared to last week’s 0.88/0.48/0.46. Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked up to […]