NETWORK FINALS:  There may have been baseball preemptions on Friday night, because some of the drops in final numbers were sharp:  0.2 for the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns, as well as 0.1 for QUANTICO, DATELINE and the HARRY POTTER special.           Broadcast […]

  Some modest declines. Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Accurate program ratings will […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A pair of vintage GREY’S ANATOMY reruns were at 0.27, followed by a SUPERSTAR special at 0.23. CBS:  The 8-9:30PM shows returned from a rerun week, with YOUNG SHELDON down a tick to 0.47, UNITED STATES OF AL up 0.02 to 0.46, and GHOSTS up 0.04 to 0.60.  HOW WE ROLL […]

>Super Tuesday was anything but for the broadcast networks last night.  Each broadcast network was down significantly from the same night last year (worst hit was FOX at 8 pm — a 5.9 rating for a Glee original episode was replaced by two original comedy episodes that rated a 2.1 and 1.6).  Worse, the Super […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Friday preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Only a couple of shows penetrated the block of sports and news telecasts atop Friday cable.  A trio of BASEBALL PLAYOFFS games were in the lead, […]

  The CMAs were less tuneful this year. 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 […]

Apparently Sunday is a better night for romance. ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE benefited from having its season finale moved from Monday night to Sunday, scoring a 3.0 that was up from last year’s (Monday) finale by 0.3, and probably becoming the first network series in quite a while to beat True Blood.  The post-show AFTER THE […]

  Except for Big Brother, the dog days of summer have arrived in a big way. CBS:  BIG BROTHER held last week’s 2.5 rating.  As usual, THE BIG BANG THEORY towered over the night’s other reruns, this week with a 2.1–a number many sitcoms would be happy to get with a first-run episode. ABC:  WIPEOUT got […]