As is usual during the fall with CBS and FOX, the network that has the late afternoon national NFL game will have the benefit of a giant lead-in for their early evening programming. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from 2 weeks off, STATION 19 gained 0.02 to 0.64, GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.07 to 0.70, and BIG SKY ticked down to 0.34. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.03 to 0.69, UNITED STATES OF AL slipped 0.02 to 0.43, GHOSTS lost 0.03 to 0.50, and B POSITIVE was down 0.02 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 2 of the WORLD SERIES lost 0.1 in final numbers, adjusting down to 4.8. Elsewhere, it was a busy night of adjustment at ABC, where THE GOLDBERGS, SPEECHLESS and MODERN FAMILY all gained 0.1, but DESIGNATED SURVIVOR fell 0.1 to a further series low of 1.2.  In addition, SVU […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BRING THE FUNNY and MYSTERIES DECODED each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up a tick to 0.63, with lead-out STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN at 0.32.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of BLACK-ISH, MIXED-ISH and FBI: MOST WANTED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tuesday cable notched another win for Fox News, with TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.41/0.67/4.3M, while MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at […]

  A very steady if unexciting night on the networks. FOX:  The closest thing to an event in primetime last night was the season finale of HELL’S KITCHEN, which was up a tick from last week to 2.2 (but off 0.2 from last season’s finale, which didn’t air till Sept 2012). ABC:  WIPEOUT fell even […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Saturday’s final numbers rather than Sunday’s preliminaries.  On NBC, as expected the HANNIBAL finale lost most of its initial gain, but it did edge up 0.1 to 0.3, after 0.4 for an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun.  The NFL PRESEASON game on CBS (Seattle vs. […]

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