NOTE: The ABC numbers below do not include live viewing in the Pacific Time Zone from 5-8PM, including Las Vegas, Oakland and Los Angeles. The ABC portion of NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALLshould rise about +15% in the official Monday broadcast nationals. The game also aired as usual on ESPN, and that audience will be available […]

NOTE: CW numbers below inflated by a pre-emption in New York on WPIX for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Bucs vs. Giants, airing nationally on ESPN). In Tampa-St. Petersburg the game aired locally on an independent station, without distorting the numbers below. Precise program ratings for Monday available this afternoon with the cable and broadcast nationals.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Quite a few adjustments to the next tenth, for SHARK TANK, 20/20, MACGYVER, THE BLACKLIST and WWE SMACKDOWN.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.41/0.29.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.25/0.25/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.20/0.19/0.14.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SWAT, SUPERSTORE, the 8:30PM AP BIO, and SCANDAL all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s ATLANTA returned strong at 0.44, not far below its 2016 series premiere at 0.53/0.48, and a tick above the Season […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted slightly down, to 1.9/2.7.  That put them respectively 0.1 below and 0.1 above last year’s Thursday Round of 16 games.    (See Mitch Metcalf’s special SKEDBALL Report on Round of 16 ratings on broadcast and cable.)  Elsewhere, AMERICAN CRIME gained 0.1, and the VAMPIRE DIARIES rerun lost 0.1. […]

  Not a good night to be a Muppet. 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 […]

  THE REAL O’NEALS had a solid start. 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 FINALS:  NBC’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (contrary to popular belief, the NFL can’t transform Thursday into Sunday just by saying so) adjusted to 6.9, far below 2015’s 9.0 game. Elsewhere, the rerun of THE GREAT INDOORS lost 0.1, and the PITCH rerun added 0.1.           Broadcast Official […]