FRIDAY STARZ:  DA VINCI’S DEMONS stayed at an 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demo, and had a very slight increase among older viewers to give it 420K.  With such a serialized storyline, it seems unlikely to move much higher for the remainder of the season. SATURDAY BBCAMERICA:  It’s a shame that ORPHAN BLACK is […]

Monday ratings. Original episode track  

  THE VOICE finale won the night, but ABC had a (mostly) good evening. 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 […]

  Last night’s festival of season/series finales was also a riot of off-hour running times, and there will be more than the usual number of afternoon adjustments once final numbers are on.  The analysis below features updated American Idol, The Office  and Hannibal numbers from the ones in this morning’s chart.  Note from the “if […]

  Only one show on network TV last night beat Sunday’s Game of Thrones and its 2.8 rating–even though that show is available in only 1/3 of US households. NBC:  The one winner, naturally, was THE VOICE, but it was close, as the singing competition stayed even with last week’s Monday low 3.2.  The season […]

  STAR continued to drop. 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 chart. […]

Updated with official national ratings below for Game 7. ABC may be as happy this morning as Miami’s fans are, with what will probably be the highest network rating we see for quite a while. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NBA Finals Game 7 scored a preliminary 8.7 adult 18-49 in the fast nationals, and we […]

  SEAN SAVES THE WORLD:  Thursday 9PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… This is the kind of sitcom SEAN SAVES THE WORLD is.  A co-worker of Sean (Sean Hayes), Liz (Megan Hilty), walks into his office already talking, not realizing that he’s actually on speakerphone with their new boss.  When she’s called […]