Through the first two days of the current week, Shark Week continues to give Discovery a solid presence in the program rankings (although the network has declined each night from a 2.2 rating on Sunday to around a 1.7 Monday to a 1.3 on Tuesday).  Tonight Shark Week continues with Top 10 Sharkdown and Great White Serial Killer, […]

  FOX’s midseason Monday continued to sink. 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 follow […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun CLAIM TO FAME at 0.20, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD fell 0.17 to 0.51, THE FINAL STRAW dropped 0.08 to 0.34, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was up 0.05 to 0.39. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.19, BIG BROTHER was down a tenth to 0.62. NBC:  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU […]

Post-Sweeps malaise. NBC:  Cleveland must be feeling pretty good about its preemptions last night, as the 9-11PM regular network schedule averaged under a 1.0 rating, with 0.9s for a new 1600 PENN and rerun SVU, and a 1.0 for an OFFICE rerun.  COMMUNITY held even at 1.1 at 8PM, followed by 0.9 for a PARKS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, FOX’s ALCS MLB PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.5.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports, as usual, dominated cable on a fall Saturday.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at 2.01 (Florida […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but no such luck for THE NIGHT SHIFT, which stayed at 1.5 but was actually at 1.3 for 45 of its 60 minutes.  Similarly, GOTHAM rose 0.1, but the SLEEPY HOLLOW season finale remained at this morning’s numbers.  In addition, CASTLE lost 0.1. Ratings in […]

Good news for ABC’s sitcoms. ABC:  LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY, newly gifted with 5-episode backorders, justified their continued life by rising to 1.6/1.5, a tick or two up from recent weeks.  A rerun SHARK TANK and a new 20/20 won their hours with 1.6 and 1.7, respectively. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS held steady at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT climbed 0.2 in final numbers, but a rerun of the SNL Christmas clip show dropped 0.3, and both the rerun PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS SPECIAL and 48 HOURS fell 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the […]