Last night in prime time, NBC averaged a preliminary 5.0 from 8-11 pm with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm.   The network has often thrown the 8 pm hour out of the nightly average (by delaying national commercials until 9:00).  If 8 pm is excluded, Saturday’s Olympic rating will be around a 6.0 — just […]

The NBA FINALS towered over the rest like–well, like an NBA player over the masses. 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 […]

                NETWORK FINALS:  All stayed as-is from this morning’s preliminary numbers.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The delayed Monday cable numbers offered few surprises.  As usual, VH1 and USA battled at the top of the chart. On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.05 to 0.71, with the preceding clip show up 0.02 to 0.34.  On Discovery, there’s a discrepency in our […]

        BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was at 0.81, down 0.23 from Monday’s episode, and ULTIMATE SURFER was at 0.34, steady with Monday. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26-0.29. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dropped 0.09 to 0.85, and COLLEGE BOWL ticked up to 0.40. FOX:  LEGO MASTERS gained 0.04 to 0.50, and FANTASY […]

> Viewers continue to be uninspired by the network offerings:  with one exception, season lows were the order of the evening. CBS:  CSI benefited from a repeat SVU on NBC and no Revenge on ABC, and scored its second-best rating of the season.  Before that, though, SURVIVOR tied a season low even though this was […]

            NETWORK FINALS:  The YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE RATINGS:  Although there was a fuller line-up of cable originals on July 5th, the cable premiere of the theatrical movie CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (previously available on Netflix, […]

  Megyn Kelly’s much-hyped NBC debut was muted. 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 […]