NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF, REVERIE and the rerun of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers.  As expected, baseball adjustment reduced the CW reruns to 0.1/0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable at 0.53, down a tick from last […]

  ONCE UPON A TIME’s final season isn’t a happy ending in the ratings. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change from early numbers was a 0.1 dip for THE EXORCIST.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery once again led Friday cable, with GOLD RUSH up 0.03 to 0.97, and TREASURE QUEST also up 0.03 to 0.47.  Both of ESPN’s […]

> It’s lucky that BOSS is a bid for prestige by Starz, because it’s certainly not doing much on the ratings front.  The initial airing on Friday had a total of 659,000 viewers, which wouldn’t even be much of a number if it referred only to 18-49 year olds–and in this case, given the show’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION both received extra 0.1s in final Sunday numbers, as did MADAM SECRETARY and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, 0.8 below last week’s game. Ratings in key demos  for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There […]

  BATTLEBOTS and SPARTAN crumbled. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE dropped 0.08 to 0.47, THE ROOKIE: FEDS slipped 0.02 to 0.31, and WILL TRENT was down 0.04 to 0.25. CBS:  The FBI franchise had the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, INTERNATIONAL up 0.05 to 0.40, and MOST WANTED down 0.03 to 0.31. NBC:  NIGHT COURT lost 0.05 to 0.46, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, there were a ton of changes from this morning’s numbers.  On NBC, THE VOICE lost 0.1 to 2.6, and STATE OF AFFAIRS dropped 0.2 to 1.5.  STATE has an excuse for last night, since live news coverage pushed the show by 20 minutes in part of the country and out […]