NETWORK FINALS:  The PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.02 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.57 (New Orleans vs. Miami).  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.60/0.43/0.32 compared to last week’s […]

    OSCAR FINALS:  The accelerated final ratings for the Oscar telecast have been released, and the 18-49 rating climbed only to 9.1, a record-setting low (and an ugly 1.4 lower than 2016).  There were 32.9M total viewers, which just managed to dodge 2008’s record low of 32M.  We’ll see in the months to come […]

  A postseason finale date helped GOOD GIRLS. 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 […]

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest.  If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know.  Some analysis and context follow the chart. Several networks took the Sunday of Labor Day weekend off, notably HBO, […]

  ABC got its wish:  an NBA FINALS that extends into next week. 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 […]

  With 3 nights left in the broadcast season, an evening light on finales. 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:  CBS’s NO EXIT special, DYNASTY, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and DATELINE all lost 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.57, and the network’s afternoon coverage of the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP was […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of […]