NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.0, down 1.4 from last week’s game.  Once the football adjustments were made at CBS, 60 MINUTES was up 0.4 to 3.6, MADAM SECRETARY was up 0.1 to 1.4, and CSI: CYBER, which didn’t begin airing on the east coast until 10:57PM, was at 1.0.  Broadcast Official […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  DR. KEN looked even better after adjustment, up 0.1 to an impressive 1.5 even though lead-in LAST MAN STANDING stayed at 1.2.  HAWAII 5-0 also went up 0.1, as did DATELINE. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Disney Channel’s GIRL MEETS WORLD was again on top of Friday […]

  McDreamy mourners may have been angry, but they showed up. 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 […]

  We’re a bit more then 2 weeks into the Fall 2014 TV season, most of the new series have had their debuts, and a few selected hours aside, the results aren’t pretty.  We’re going to take a capsule look at where each of the 4 major networks stand (CW is just beginning the roll-out of its […]

  Even with a captive audience, the attraction of network TV may be fading. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Removing the MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast ratings from adjusted numbers lowered both ABC and CW.  JANE THE VIRGIN dropped 0.2 from this morning’s rating, and DANCING WITH THE STARS, COUNTDOWN TO THE CMAs and THE ORIGINALS all lost 0.1.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1. Ratings fin key demos or the Top 25 […]

  {Note:  SPOILERS will follow the weekly and season-to-date ratings below.} None of the networks are anywhere a 2 rating at this point of the season, with CBS on top last week thanks to its Mon-Wed line-up and less than an hour of NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun on Sunday (the relatively low Thurs-Fri ratings for March […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, with 0.1 declines for 20/20: IN AN INSTANT and the 10PM 48 HOURS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   On BBCAmerica, after DOCTOR WHO fell 0.04 to 0.17, the final season of […]