Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s coverage of NCAA BASKETBALL continued to dominate Saturday cable, filling up 5 of the day’s Top 10 slots with ratings ranging from 0.75 to 0.36.  Sports also took the #2 slot, with Fox Sports 1’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Most of the broadcast networks aired reruns on Thanksgiving.  NBC of course had the primetime NFL game, which at 7.08 was 1.42 higher than last year’s game.  FOX, though, took the honors with the afternoon game at a massive 12.46, and not wanting to waste that lead-in, the network aired episodes of […]

  As the new season settles, just about everything last night was down. CBS:  All of the 8-10PM sitcoms were down 0.2 from last week:  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to 2.9, WE ARE MEN to 1.8, 2 BROKE GIRLS to 2.2 and MOM to 2.0.  For the latter 3, those were new lows, either […]

  If only NBC could just show talent competitions…   NBC:  If it weren’t for a 1.0 GRIMM rerun at 10PM,  NBC would easily have won the night.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was Monday’s highest-rated show at 3.2, up a nice 0.4 from last Monday, and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was up slightly to 2.2.

> It’s not all that unusual for a situation comedy to change directions in the midst of its initial season and emerge a different, and better, show:  The Office and Parks & Recreation both took that journey (the US Office was trying too hard at first to ape the Ricky Gervais original, and Parks was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.45, GREY’S ANATOMY ticked up to 0.43, and ALASKA DAILY was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.86/1.42. NBC:  Returning from a month of reruns, LAW & ORDER fell 0.12 to 0.37, SVU lost a tenth to 0.48, and LAW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TO TELL THE TRUTH lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s BIG LITTLE LIES was the highest-rated scripted show on Sunday cable, up 0.05 to 0.45, with EUPHORIA up 0.02 to 0.21.  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]