NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We have another instance today of either the network or Nielsen mistakenly listing an original show as a rerun, which resulted in it being omitted from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and THIS IS US.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News continued to be at the forefront of non-sports cable, with the 10PM CNN TONIGHT on top at 0.64/0.99/3.7M, […]

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings: 60 Minutes and the CBS 7:00-7:30 half hour specifically inflated by 10 minutes of the end of Masters coverage from 7:00-7:10 pm (mostly the monumentally awkward and amazingly tense ceremony in “Butler Cabin,” where the Green Jacket is awarded).

  The regular season hasn’t started yet, but the NFL is already in charge. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf, although preliminary numbers have the Sunday night NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL game at a 2.1, we anticipate that final numbers will bring that to 2.6, easily winning the night for NBC. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.3, […]

  A slow July 4th for televised fireworks. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.63, compared to 4.9 for last week’s game.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (up to at least the next tenth) for 60 MINUTES, NCIS: LA, WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, CALL ME KAT, THE GREAT NORTH and THE SIMPSONS.       […]

        BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  The line-up declined:  HOLEY MOLEY by 0.04 to 0.40, WHEN NATURE CALLS by 0.04 to 0.20, and THE HUSTLER by a tick to 0.25.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.09 to 1.01.  Reruns followed at 0.20-0.36. NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.40/0.28 compared to last week’s premiere 0.39/0.32.  MAKING […]

  It’s always an advantage for shows to know they’re being renewed as quickly as possible.  With that security in hand, they can shore up their writing staffs before newly-ordered series begin making their picks, start preparation for next season’s production, and in the case of increasingly plot-heavy serialized dramas, begin planning out the story […]