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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  The summer’s unscripted Big 3 stayed in command last night. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.2, which was also up a tick from last year’s parallel night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT held at its season […]

  Small changes. 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 follow the chart. […]

> Some things are eternal, and Michael Jackson appears to be one of them. FOX:  GLEE‘s Michael Jackson episode propelled the show to a 3.6, its best rating in months.  The strong lead-in didn’t help the network’s sit-coms much, though:  NEW GIRL was only up 0.1 for the night, and RAISING HOPE fell to match […]

  Goodbye, broadcast season. 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 the chart.   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 2.1, and the CHICAGO MED rerun adjusted down to 0.7.  Elsewhere, THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MSNBC portion of the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 7.4 in final numbers–which still wasn’t enough to make it the top show of the night.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION (but not REVENGE) each grew by 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus […]

  NBC wasn’t in any hurry today to release the ratings for last night’s “sneak peek” of its new sitcom ANIMAL PRACTICE, and now we can see why:  less than half the viewers for the Olympics Closing Ceremony stuck around to watch the pilot (and we don’t even know how many who tried the show […]