BLUE BLOODS returned from a month off. 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). Ratings analysis […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPERSTORE, MASTERCHEF CELEBRITY SHOWDOWN and THE BACHELOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA narrowly look Monday cable honors, with TNT’s Golden State vs. Cleveland game at 1.48, followed by a considerably lower 0.69 for the late Houston vs. Clippers match.  […]

  Newcomers continue to arrive solidly. 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 […]

  If the answer is “JEOPARDY,” the question is “What is ABC’s best ratings news in quite a while?” 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 […]

  NBC faced little challenge. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Sunday is one of the few nights without any local football preemptions, so these adjustments are to the Monday preliminary numbers.  Thanks to CBS’s PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage as its lead-in, 60 MINUTES retained its preliminary 1.5 rating, and BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 to 2.1.  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun, however, lost 0.1 to 0.6.  […]

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).  

> 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 […]