NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.92/0.91/0.83, compared to last week’s 0.99/0.97/0.96.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.81/0.58/0.55 compared to last week’s 0.68/0.53.  On MTV, TEEN MOM […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MY KITCHEN RULES lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s not much of a shock that Inauguration Eve was a bonanza for Fox News, which had all of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for KENAN and NEW AMSTERDAM.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On OWN, the season finale of QUEEN SUGAR was at 0.13, up 0.03 from last week and down 0.09 from the last […]

  Some exits. 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 the chart. […]

Not a lot of support for scripted programming. ABC:  The Alphabet took the night, winning each hour with its unscripted trio of SHARK TANK (2.0, the highest rated show of the night), PRIMETIME (1.6) and 20/20 (1.4). CBS:  Some of last week’s bump from the elimination of Made In Jersey dissipated, and after a 0.8 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the LETHAL WEAPON rerun gained 0.1, and IMAGINARY MARY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s reboot of FEAR FACTOR debuted at 0.47, significantly ahead of lead-in THE CHALLENGE, which was up […]

  STAR continued to drop. 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. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of reruns at 0.46/0.39 for holiday specials, 0.28/0.21 for sitcoms, and 0.17 for THE CHASE. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.91, TOUGH AS NAILS was steady at 0.38, and the season finale of CSI: VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.37. NBC:  The CHICAGO shows aired fresh episodes for the […]