NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on CBS had an adjustment, as ZOO and the reruns of LIFE IN PIECES and THE BIG BANG THEORY all lost 0.1 in final numbers, but BIG BROTHER gained the same.  In addition, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

>The top two programs on cable this week aired on Sunday against the not-what-it-used-to-be but still very big Academy Awards on ABC.  Most notable was Walking Dead on AMC at 9:00 pm, just when the awards ceremony was getting rolling.  Facing the huge entertainment special, Walking Dead actually was up over last week, from a […]

See our commentary on the NBC fall schedule here. FOX had a terrible 2016-17 season (blurred a bit by airing the Super Bowl and a historic World Series).  The closest thing it had to a new hit was Lethal Weapon, and it watched in horror as Empire plunged in the ratings with unprecedented speed.  The network’s fall schedule […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Golf PGA: […]

  Small shifts. 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 the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to sports preemptions, there were heavy adjustments in final numbers.  On ABC, the respective reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOMEVIDEOS, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and IN AN INSTANT were down 0.3/0.3/0.2.  On CBS, the reruns of 48 HOURS and DIANA:  HER LIFE & DEATH were down 0.6/0.5.  FOX’s reruns of […]

Tuesday network ratings versus the same night last year. Original episode track for Tuesday broadcast programs.

    NETWORK FINALS:  Things got worse for AGENTS OF SHIELD in final numbers, dropping 0.1 to an 0.7 that’s even worse than it looks because the show will now be off the air for a month.  Meanwhile, NCIS gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE […]