An even quieter Friday than usual on the networks. 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 […]

World Series Game Track.  Game 2 of the 2015 World Series was down about -10% from Game 1, versus the normal pattern of Game 2 ratings almost exactly matching Game 1 in various demographics on average in the past decade.  Then again, Game 2 was a rather ho-hum affair compared to the epic nature of Game […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.3 for NBC, down 1.3 from last week’s game.  In addition, THE BIG BANG THEORY and LIFE IN PIECES rose 0.1 in final numbers, but THE GREAT INDOORS fell the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Top Games on Saturday 3.2 rating NBC 3:30pm Michigan State-#22 Notre Dame 3.1 rating ABC […]

> Monday has become a real problem for one network and a guaranteed victory for another. FOX:  Due to the nature of Season 1 production on TERRA NOVA, it was always clear that there wouldn’t be any back-order this year.  That leaves FOX with plenty of time to think about whether to renew the show […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On midseason finale night, STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.62, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.07 to 0.61, and BIG SKY was down 0.03 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.27/0.29/0.24/0.22. NBC:  After a WOMEN OF WORTH special at 0.18, a run of the COAT OF MANY COLORS movie was at 0.20. FOX:  THURSDAY […]