NETWORK FINALS:  MENTAL SAMURAI and 1969 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS (UPDATE #2): Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals has been correctly titled and added to the charts below in the #1 spot.  [TNT earned 3.634 […]

  A 3-hour BACHELOR IN PARADISE finale couldn’t take the night. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC telecast gained 0.1 in final numbers, while NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game and ABC’s run of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games dominated Saturday cable at 1.20/1.19/1.01 (led by San Antonio […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, the preliminary ratings were more or less useless because of NFL preemptions, so we’ll do a full network rundown here. NBC:  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s summer Weekend Update series debuted at a solid 1.2, well above its 0.7 lead-in from THE WALL (down 0.3 from 2 weeks […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, steady with last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was no new RICK & MORTY, clearing the way for AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD to lead scripted cable on Sunday, even though […]

  Thanksgiving night’s NFL game was an easy winner, but also something of a turkey. 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 […]

  This would be the place where we note that below are the Top 25 cable originals from Saturday night, but due to some technical glitch, BBCAmerica’s DOCTOR WHO didn’t make it onto the chart, although it was at 0.49 in 18-49s, which should have ranked it #6 for the night (and it had 1.23M […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8:30PM rerun of BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s SHARKNADO reign may be done.  The latest title in the series scored 0.33, down 0.24 from 2017 (when it faced GAME OF THRONES), […]