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. […]

  SHADES OF BLUE went quite a bit darker last night. 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). […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO persists in labeling its theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is at the top of Saturday’s cable list, although that 0.75 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Republican National Convention Night 1 ratings analysis for a detailed look at the numbers.  Here’s a snapshot in the 18-49 demo:  as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Bravo, after REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS gained 0.04 to 0.72, the season finale of IMPOSTERS ticked down to 0.28.  THE DEADLIEST CATCH returned to Discovery at […]

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.  […]