Network Programmer conversation today:  “OK, Niagara Falls on a high wire worked–next time, let’s do someone walking on his hands across the Grand Canyon.” “Hopping across the Sahara Desert!”  “Swimming across the Atlantic Ocean–one hand tied behind his back.”  “Book it for Sweeps!” ABC:  MEGASTUNTS was a big hit for ABC last night, its 2.5 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was TNT’s turn at the top of cable with an NBA doubleheader at 0.71/0.41.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.40/0.63/4M, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With the local football simulcast removed, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE lost 0.1 from this morning’s numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL led the night’s cable, down 0.19 from last week’s game […]

              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL returned to NFL Network (shared with NBC), and its 1.19 was up 0.03 from 2 weeks ago.  On USA, CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST rose 0.04 from last week to 0.41, and THE CROMARTIES ticked down to […]

  On a Sunday night full of original sweeps programming, no network show topped a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

February sweeps comes to an end. NBC:  The Peacock may have had a sweeps of historically awful proportions (as has been widely reported, this is the first time ever that a major English-language network has lost to Univision during a sweeps month–and it wasn’t close), but there was a tiny bit of good news last […]

  NOTE:  except where noted, all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, since almost everything was preempted last Friday. 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 […]

  Live events remain one of the last bastions of network TV. ABC:  Despite facing a monster football game, the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were up a full 1.1 over last year’s edition to 4.5, towering over the numbers ABC has gotten with regular programming this fall. NBC:  There was never any doubt that the Tom […]