> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  LAST MAN STANDING returned worse for wear from its World Series break. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLACK-ISH and THE GIFTED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Because of the live primetime presidential address, it was a big night for news, led by Fox […]

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.07 to 0.60, with lead-out GOTTI: GODFATHER & SON at 0.34.  The Adult Swim late-night line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Afternoon charts this week will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated later in the day with full format.  Charts are now updated to normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD swapped 0.1s in final numbers, the former up and the latter down.  In addition, […]

  A deluge of holiday specials. 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 follows the […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 49: November 30-December 6, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]