> It was a good day for most of the bubble shows on the CBS schedule, as the network handed out back-orders to UNFORGETTABLE and PERSON OF INTEREST (joining 2 Broke Girls).  Neither of these shows are performing very impressively–Unforgettable is doing about as well in its Tuesday 10PM slot as The Good Wife did […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game and FOX’s PREMIER BOXING each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE TEN COMMANDMENTS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable wsa dominated by the NBA PLAYOFFS, with ESPN’s games at 1.24/0.92, and […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   NASCAR was off a bit from last year but still a very viable 3.0 rating. […]

>In the last post on upscale ratings, we looked at ABC, which has a high number of series that skew substantially toward upper-income viewers but not enough programs with a sizable total audience.  Today, we turn our attention to CBS, which has taken a very different pathway to success: many shows with a large audience […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we noted on the Sunday cable post, officially the runs of THE ALIENIST on TNT and TBS were “sneak peeks,” but they were listed by Nielsen as […]

  A generally up night compared to Memorial Day. 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 […]

  With SHARK TANK in reruns, nothing on network TV topped a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]