>Last night Saturday Night Live with guest host Lindsay Lohan (see a complete review of the sad attempt at a comeback tour) was the second highest-rated episode of the season, behind only the Charles Barkley episode after the very high-rated NFL Wild Card game.  Lohan’s episode last night averaged a 5.5 household rating and 14 […]

  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL gave a jolt to Sunday TV. 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). […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The season finale of NBC’s TRANSPLANT gained 0.02 to 0.13, followed by TRACK & FIELD at 0.23.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.32.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05.  Univision’s PARTIDO AMISTOSO was at 0.33.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie CAMPFIRE CHRISTMAS was […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 12 and Sunday December 13, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

> America is willing to follow FOX behind bars. FOX:  The 2-hour launch of ALCATRAZ went very well, with a solid 3.3 that held throughout the broadcast.  That put the network squarely in 2d place for the night behind CBS’s blockbuster line-up.  If the show can manage not to collapse the way Terra Nova did, […]

  At a time of extreme uncertainty, network TV ratings were basically stable. 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 […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last […]

NBC Monday moved up again, a 4.3 Adult 18-49 prime time rating in the fast nationals (probably a 4.4 in the official nationals). CBS and ABC are even with recent weeks.  FOX earned a 1.3 in the fast nationals for Game 2 of St Louis vs San Francisco.  We’ll say the game goes up to […]