No one watches TV on Labor Day. NBC:  The post-Olympics scheduling experiment reached its nadir, as STARS EARN STRIPES hit a new low 0.9 in its finale, and GRIMM‘s 1.4 was down 0.2 from last week and just even with its numbers on low-rated Friday last season.  (The network also aired some notably confusing promos […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  For all networks except CBS, comparisons are to November 17 due to the reruns on Thanksgiving Eve.  THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.08 to 0.49, THE WONDER YEARS lost 0.06 to 0.34, THE CONNERS gained 0.02 to 0.52, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.03 to 0.33.  The final A MILLION LITTLE THINGS to […]

  Marginal changes from last 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 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BATTLEBOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BEAUTY & THE BEAST rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cartoon Network’s STEVEN UNIVERSE topped all of cable on Thursday at 0.56 despite a 7PM airtime, with 6PM show TEEN TITANS […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football was back with a vengeance this week — a 6.4 Adult 18-49 rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, the highest-rated game since November 7 (6.9 rating for Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles).   NFL Network was not so lucky Thursday, drawing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons.  The game […]

ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format.  It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million).  The younger demos (adults 18-49 and men 18-49) were only the best since 2013, but those […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SUPERSTORE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.55/0.45.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE dipped 0.03 to 0.39, and REVENGE PRANK was up 0.03 to 0.13.  Cable news […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s numbers came down after the Dallas airing of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was removed, with DANCING WITH THE STARS reduced by 0.2, and CASTLE by 0.3.  On CBS, 2 BROKE GIRLS held its morning number, but THE MILLERS lost 0.1 to a still lower series low 1.7; however, SCORPION gained 0.1.  The […]