> The excitement of Premiere Week is over, and shows are settling into their “real” numbers. FOX: The small decline for NEW GIRL (which had another charming episode last night–the show has found its creative groove with remarkable speed) isn’t serious.  What may concern FOX, though, is that they promoted last night’s extremely earnest episode […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPERSTORE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.73/0.61.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE returned at 0.51, BUSCH FAMILY BREWED was at 0.20/0.13, and RIDICULOUSNESS was up 0.04 to 0.12.  Fox […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  We’re posting a preliminary version of the Top 40 chart for now, to be replaced later this afternoon by the final chart in its regular format.  UPDATE: Top 40 with demographics chart now posted. NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s US OPEN coverage grew by 0.1 in final numbers, and the same was true […]

> The big news last night was the second telecast of Grimm, NBC’s bit of good cheer from an otherwise dismal fall.  The second episode scored a 1.8 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, down from a 2.1 premiere but still enough to win a typically lackluster Friday time period.  Chuck declined to a […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

      THE BACHELORETTE’s season finale took the night.   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).   […]

NOTE: Our morning fast affiliate-based ratings for broadcast primetime will continue to be expressed with one decimal place (tenths of a rating point). Official nationals will now be shown with two decimal places (hundredths of a rating point) going forward, as shown at the bottom of the second chart below.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

  Another low night for the WINTER OLYMPICS. 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 follows the […]