NOTE: Many FOX stations (mostly in the Northeast and Texas) carried the regional NFL game between Washington and Pittsburgh. The game ended after 8PM ET and impacted the fast affiliate-based nationals for FOX. Precise program ratings for FOX primetime will be available this afternoon with the official nationals. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE fell 0.2 in final numbers, and the reruns of WILL & GRACE and SUPERSTORE were each down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark took Saturday cable with its latest movie THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE at 0.68.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, CBS looked a lot worse once its football preemptions were removed from final numbers.  Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held its 4.5, MOM fell 0.2 to 2.6, 2 1/2 MEN slipped 0.1 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS lost 0.2 to 1.4, and ELEMENTARY dropped 0.2 to a dangerously low 1.0.  In addition, […]

  OSCARS UPDATE:  The shortfall for last night’s ACADEMY AWARDS presentation was even worse in time zone-adjusted numbers, with the ceremony only up to 10.8, down 2.3 points from 2014.  Although a lot of the fault has to do with the arthouse nature of the major nominees, it’ll be interesting to see if the Academy and […]

  A dismal start for the new ABC line-up. 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). Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s early numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.06 to 0.74, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST was at 0.42/0.35, compared to last week’s 0.38/0.32.  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NASCAR coverage adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and the CSI: CYBER rerun lost the same.  BACHELOR IN PARADISE notched an extra 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Both AMC and HBO took the holiday weekend off, making for some unusual appearances at the top of Sunday’s list.  The season […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Unlike last year, the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS had no gain in final numbers, so it remained 0.3 below the 2018 edition.  Elsewhere, SEAL TEAM lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game easily led Wednesday cable at […]