NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 declines for THE LION KING, 1969, both reruns of NCIS, SONGLAND, MASTERCHEF JR and the rerun of THE FLASH in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.08 to 0.69, with back-to-back CHRISLEY […]

        NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s STILL STAR-CROSSED may soon have company on Saturdays, as SOMEWHERE BETWEEN fell 0.1 in final numbers to a deadly 0.3.   In addition, WORLD OF DANCE and the rerun of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost 0.1.  And as expected, both CW reruns were adjusted for their NY preemption and dropped […]

NBC won Election Night with a preliminary 4.6 adult 18-49 rating in primetime.  This very Voice-like rating is substantially higher than the 3.2 rating NBC has averaged on Tuesday night the first six weeks of the season. ABC also did very well relative to its normal Tuesday performance.  ABC News averaged a 3.8 from 8-11 pm, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9-1-1 rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE topped Monday cable at 0.85/0.58/0.56, compared to last week’s 0.73/0.68/0.55.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK gained 0.05 to 0.63, and CAMP GETAWAY was down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS rose 0.08 to 0.77.  The REAL QUEENS OF HIP-HOP special was at 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.05 to 0.67, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.53.  NCIS and NCIS: HAWAII were each up 0.06, respectively to 0.62/0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE fell 0.16 to 0.76, and […]

>An interesting week on cable.  MTV’s Jersey Shore rocketed to a 4.3 18-49 rating in its season premiere, with a repeat of the same episode immediately following registering an impressive 1.8 rating.  A Friday program made our list this week (Disney Channel’s premiere of a Phineas & Ferb animated movie).  The 1.3 rating with young […]

With the 2016 Democratic National Convention kicking off in Philadelphia, we will be covering the daily ratings battle for the television audience starting Tuesday afternoon, just as we did for the RNC in Cleveland.  Beyond the number of viewers watching, it is often helpful to take a step back and look more deeply at who is watching. Specifically […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for major televised awards shows over the past year.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below.  Programs in the chart are ranked by overall audience size, from the Oscars (or Academy Awards if […]