A lead-in from THE VOICE always helps. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but CHICAGO FIRE lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The big winner of the REPUBLICAN DEBATE last night was Fox Business Channel, which took 4 of the night’s Top 10 slots, led of course by the debate itself, which […]

  WICKED CITY became too bad to live. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for SUPERGIRL, which stayed at 1.7 in final numbers.  About the only positive was that the show was rock-steady at that number in all of its quarter-hours, so the viewers that are still there seem to be satisfied.  CBS can console itself with a 0.1 rise for […]

  The SUPERGIRL experiment is officially less than a roaring success. NOTE: Minimal impact on the Monday fast nationals by local broadcast coverage of NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). In Chicago the game was broadcast on an independent station. CBS numbers are only slightly distorted by San Diego where SUPERGIRL aired at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.4 in final numbers, up 0.2 from last week (which faced the World Series).  Post-football adjustment, 60 MINUTES lost 0.4, and MADAM SECRETARY dipped 0.1.  In addition, FAMILY GUY and ONCE UPON A TIME each gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In the battle of COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, CBS’s LSU vs. Alabama match-up was dominant by far, adjusting up 0.2 to 3.6.  ABC’s Minnesota vs. Ohio State game held at 1.2, and FOX’s Utah vs. Washington game gained 0.1 from early numbers but was still way behind at 0.4.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, down 0.04 from last week to 1.05, with lead-out PACIFIC WARRIORS up 0.06 to 0.41 (possibly helped by an unusually long 4-minute overrun for GOLD RUSH into PACIFIC’s hour), […]