NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN IDOL finale gained 0.2 in final numbers, while AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was up 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Whatever viewers may have thought about the series finale of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES, they watched in record-breaking […]

  A decent start (in CW terms) for BURDEN OF TRUTH. 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 […]

  Below are the ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts last Friday.  Friday cable is mostly for fans of WWE and the Disney Channel, but here are the numbers for a couple of other shows of interest:  THE KNICK (Cinemax) held almost exactly with the previous week at 0.13 and 407K […]

  Aside from a couple of mild finale bumps, another night of bad news. 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 […]

  Some marginal 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BEAT SHAZAM and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ZOO, LOVE CONNECTION and the rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK continued to pay off for […]

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). ###

      NETWORK UPDATE:  BLINDSPOT and FREQUENCY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, NBC’s post-Debate Analysis half-hour climbed 0.3 after adjustment, and both ABC and CBS gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ratings followed form, in that CNN led […]