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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  We don’t have specifics on this, but it appears as though ABC had some local preemptions for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, since DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.2 and EMERGENCY CALL was down 0.1 in final numbers.  At FOX, as anticipated, LA’S FINEST dropped 0.3 in finals, although its 0.6 […]

> Without the train-wreck possibilities of the previous week’s Lindsay Lohan event, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE‘s ratings last night were down about 20%.  That’s a bit below the season average, suggesting Hill, despite his breakout Moneyball success, still isn’t a household name, but the 2.6 in 18-49s was still more than double the rating for any […]

>The official nationals for Monday adjusted 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men down one tenth, while Mike & Molly and Hawaii Five-O went down two tenths of a rating point because of the Monday Night Football game airing on CBS in Baltimore.  Dancing with the Stars went up one tenth and Castle […]

  NOTE:  ALL RATINGS INCLUDE APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOX:  THE LAST MAN ON EARTH fell 0.5 from its premiere, but was still quite strong at 1.9.  It was preceded by BOB’S BURGERS (down 0.2 to 1.2), THE SIMPSONS (down 0.2 to 1.6), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (down 0.3 to 1.5), and FAMILY GUY (didn’t air last week due […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.04 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was steady at 0.50, SUPERMARKET SWEEP rose 0.06 to 0.43, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.05 to 0.36. CBS  Compared to 2 weeks ago, the last time CBS had the late national NFL game, 60 MINUTES was up a […]

The MLK holiday will cause delays for national U.S. television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. This is how the cable and broadcast nationals should roll out the next week or so. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday 1/14 nationals available Tuesday 1/18 by 2 pm […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO PD rose 0.1 in final numbers, but THE X-FILES premiere lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 1.29 (for Cleveland vs. Boston)/0.81 (Lakers vs. Oklahoma City).  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW ticked […]