NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT telecast adjusted to 4.0.  In addition, the 9PM hour of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led the day, up a tick to 0.63.   Adult Swim’s line-up performed as […]

  The night’s exits and returns didn’t excite many viewers. 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 […]

UPDATE: Game 1 of the 2016 World Series averaged just under 19.4 million viewers 2+ live+same day in the official nationals, second only to 2009 (Phillies-Yankees) in the last decade (and just narrowly behind it).  With the key sales demographics, the game is also well above average, generally ranking #3 among Game 1 telecasts since […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA was also steady at 0.16.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TIME AFTER TIME needs all the help that it can get, so the fact that it squeezed its way to a 0.65 in final numbers, rounding up to 0.7, makes it slightly less dismal than it was in preliminaries.  In addition, NCIS: LA gained 0.1.         […]

  Lots of finales. 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 follows the chart. NBC:  The series […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL opener adjusted to 6.7, down 0.4 from 2019’s final number.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and the HOLEY MOLEY season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game topped Thursday cable at […]

  2 networks dominated the rest. 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 analysis and comparisons […]