NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PRESEASON game adjusted up 0.03 to 1.9 in final numbers. Elsewhere, everything on ABC lost 0.1, leaving the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.9, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 1.1, FUNDERDOME at 0.7, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.6.  In addition, CANDY CRUSH dropped 0.1 to 0.4. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MAYWEATHER/MCGREGOR PRELIMS special on FOX fell 0.2 in final numbers to 0.9, and CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game lost 0.1 to 0.5.  Elsewhere, sports preemptions caused major adjustments, as the reruns on ABC fell a respective 0.5/0.4/0.3 to triple 0.4s, NBC’s shows were down 0.3/0.2 to 0.7/0.5, and FOX’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  We expected lots of sports- and weather-driven adjustments from Friday prelims, and here they are.  CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game gained 0.2 to 1.2.  ABC’s WHAT WOULD YOU DO rerun and 20/20 each dropped 0.1 to a respective 0.7/0.7.  FOX’s MASTERCHEF reruns lost 0.1 to 0.5/0.5.  And CW’s MASTERS OF […]

NOTE: Local pre-emptions for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Harvey flooding in Houston (#8 television market in the US, with 2.2% of the population) and surrounding markets will distort the numbers below. The official broadcast program ratings will be available Tuesday morning, along with cable ratings for the GAME OF THRONES season finale and the […]

NOTE: All ratings below distorted by 9 NFL Preseason games in 18 major markets. ABC, NBC and FOX ratings inflated by major local pre-emptions. The CBS ratings are below are unreliable. Viewing in Los Angeles (from 5-8 pm PT) is not included in the fast nationals and will added to the official ratings for Saturday […]

  NOTE:  This was another night where sports will lead to a high level of adjustments in final numbers, affecting CBS, FOX and CW. 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+ […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Because of the many sports preemptions on Thursday  night, our full broadcast network analysis is below. ABC:  The season finale of BOY BAND was up 0.1 to 0.6, but both BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS and the rerun of THE GONG SHOW were down 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  BIG […]

Note: CBS, NBC and CW numbers below inflated by local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games: CBS (in Miami and Jacksonville), NBC (in Philadelphia) and The CW (in Charlotte).  As we’ve been doing on other NFL Preseason Thursdays, we’ll hold our ratings analysis for final numbers this afternoon. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), […]