NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On HBO, GAME OF THRONES dipped 0.61 from last week’s premiere to 4.42, a bit steeper than last season’s episode 2, which dropped 0.38 from the previous week.  BARRY, […]

  Happy 400th episode, SVU. 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:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.0.  Note that the FOX game was considered afternoon and not primetime programming by Nielsen, and therefore isn’t on the chart, but its adjusted rating (from 7:35PM) was 0.9.  Also, the NATIONAL DOG SHOW gained 0.1.  An additional note:  our fast nationals chart […]

  The BET AWARDS had limited broadcast appeal. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: LA, BOB’S BURGERS and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DECEPTION and 60 MINUTES lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD seems to have found its level for now, up […]

  THE BACHELOR: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART ended quietly. 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 […]

  A strong but not stellar start for LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. 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). CW:  […]

NOTE: CW numbers below inflated by a pre-emption in New York on WPIX for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Bucs vs. Giants, airing nationally on ESPN). In Tampa-St. Petersburg the game aired locally on an independent station, without distorting the numbers below. Precise program ratings for Monday available this afternoon with the cable and broadcast nationals.  […]