> CBS won the first Friday night of the season with a low 1.7 Adult 18-49 rating. It really was a costly victory as they threw three scripted dramas on the air, a very expensive proposition for a rating well below a 2. The night started with the series debut of A Gifted Man at […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: Kentucky […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: A marathon of BLACK-ISH reruns at 0.19-0.34. CBS: Reruns at 0.38/0.31/0.32. NBC: Reruns at 0.26/0.18/0.18/0.13. FOX: A MASKED SINGER rerun at 0.24. CW: Reruns at 0.07/0.08/0.07. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games commanded the day and night at 0.90/0.56/0.55/0.48. Food Network’s CHOPPED […]
No major shifts on another Tuesday dominated by THIS IS US. 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). […]
> Pending the return of The Voice and NBC’s high hopes for Smash, THE OFFICE is the closest thing hte network has to a successful television show. As the series greets a new hour-mate in Up All Night, let’s take a look at how it’s conducting its business. WHERE WE LEFT OFF: Andy (Ed Helms) […]
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]
The NBA Playoffs are taking off for TNT, with Game 1 of the Western Conference semi-finals averaging a 3.1 rating with Adults 18-49 at 9:43 pm Monday (the Los Angeles Lakers getting pounded by the Oklahoma City Thunder). Three other early round games managed a 2.0 rating or higher. At the other end of […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 2.28. On MTV, DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE dropped 0.04 to 0.37, and HOW FAR IS TATTOO FAR? was at 0.28/0.24/0.22, […]