Musical competition on CBS seemed to dent AMERICAN IDOL. 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 […]

> The last Sunday of November sweeps wasn’t music to the ears of anyone. ABC:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS matched its 2010 number–which would be better news if the 2010 rating hadn’t been its lowest ever, down more than 20% from the year before.  However, that’s still far better than the network has been doing […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY lost 0.1 in final numbers, returning to the 0.1 level.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games took the top slots on Friday cable with 1.15/1.04, while NBC Sports Net owned the bottom end of the Top […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  On ABC, the season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS fell 0.2 from preliminary numbers, but DANCEBATTLE AMERICA gained 0.1.  The AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR season finale also rose 0.1.  All of the CBS reruns were down:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION by 0.2, and THE ODD COUPLE and NCIS: LA by […]

  USA’s CANNONBALL had a fair preview on NBC. 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 […]

‘ FOR THE PEOPLE is already in trouble. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MADAM SECRETARY stayed put, but THE GOOD WIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the final FOX episode of AMERICAN DAD (it’s moving to TBS).  60 MINUTES lost 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.6 to 7.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday (plus a few […]

  The SUPER BOWL continued to slide. 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 […]