NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from preliminary Friday ratings.  (ONCE UPON A TIME, which was initially reported as 2 separate hours, had a 0.5 rating as a 2-hour.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, up 0.09 […]

    BLACK-ISH:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC THE FACTS:  Anthony Anderson plays the head of an African-American family that lives a prosperous life in a mostly white neighborhood, and he tries to hold onto some part of his culture even though his assimilated kids, wife and father mostly couldn’t care less.  The series creator is […]

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).  Note: CBS 8:30 and 9:00 pm titles now correct.   COMPARISONS TO […]

  Note that COLLEGE FOOTBALL preemptions may lead to adjustments in finals. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Thursday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   NOTE:  At this time, we do not have any Thursday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 in the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN was once again on top with […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The broadcast network ratings remained unchanged from those reported on Saturday morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, down 0.6 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was #2, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD returned after several weeks of reruns to lead Friday cable at 0.64, with the preceding clip show […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Now that the preseason football preemptions have been scrubbed out of the network ratings, we can see that it was an ugly night for ABC, where a 2-hour episode of THE QUEST dropped 0.2 from last week to a horrific 0.3.  It was followed by 0.6 for WORLD’S WILDEST COMMERCIALS.  The only new […]