The night’s sitcoms remained mostly low. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41.  QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS:  SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47.  Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers to 1.1, and FOX’s game remained at 0.8.  On the rerun front, CBS’s were respectively up and down 0.1, and THE VOICE on NBC lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As always with fall Saturdays, cable was dominated by […]

  The Television Critics Association gatherings are taking place over the next few weeks, which means a steady flow of scheduling updates amidst the press conferences promoting upcoming shows.  Today was HBO’s day at the podium, and its major announcement was that the upcoming 5th season of BOARDWALK EMPIRE will be its final one, likely […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for football, DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.2 to 1.1, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.1 to 1.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Prestige premieres continued to have a bad week, as AMC’s THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NASCAR coverage adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and the CSI: CYBER rerun lost the same.  BACHELOR IN PARADISE notched an extra 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Both AMC and HBO took the holiday weekend off, making for some unusual appearances at the top of Sunday’s list.  The season […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS took the night, up 0.05 from last week.  Right behind was ESPN’s coverage of the high-profile Williams sisters match at the US OPEN at 0.95.  Spike aired a […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.91 rating CBS 12:00 pm Georgetown at St John’s 1.31 rating CBS 2:00 […]