The networks are facing a 2019 that looks a lot like 2018, ushering in the new year with lower ratings. 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) […]

  Small bumps for ABC. 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 comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was at the top of Friday cable, by way of Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.32/0.49/3.5M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.25/0.34/1.5M, and […]

Even by the subdued standards of Friday network TV, this was a dull night. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL exhibition game preemptions, comparisons are to last week’s final Saturday ratings, rather than preliminary Sunday morning numbers.  NBC:  the GYMNASTICS special adjusted to 0.5, and HANNIBAL was steady at 0.3.  CBS:  PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage pushed the primetime line-up by half an hour, and all the night’s reruns were down 0.2, to 0.3/0.5/0.6.  ABC:  the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  With the exception of THE MIDDLE, all of ABC’s rerun sitcoms lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun, FOX’s rerun of THE MICK, and CW’s 9PM rerun of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY.  (A note on the July 4th ratings:  all the non-FOX reruns […]

  UNDATEABLE returned more live than alive. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The NFL PLAYOFFS were of course dominant, with FOX’s afternoon game at 6.96 and NBC’s primetime game at 5.53.  CW aired a new WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.38/0.26/0.15/0.12/0.11 on ESPN, and 0.14/0.09/0.04/0.02 on ESPN2.  On USA, PREMIER […]