NETWORK FINALS;  After adjustment for football preemption, ABC’s CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS and THE GOOD DOCTOR, and NBC’s A VERY PENTATRONIX CHRISTMAS, all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dominated Monday cable, but had a steep 0.84 […]

> The Emmys, of all show-business awards, lend themselves least to surprise.  That’s because they’re the only group that nominate and award continuing series, meaning that the same high-quality shows repeat year after year.  (There was a stretch where it seemed like Frasier had started winning Best Comedy during the Truman Administration.)  You can’t really […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.05 to 0.55, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was up 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.03 to 0.53, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.03 to 0.41, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.02 to 0.37. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.05 to 0.62, and NEW AMSTERDAM […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.07 to 0.53, GENERATION GAP jumped 0.11 to 0.46, and THE CON was up 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.27 were followed by BIG BROTHER down 0.05 to 0.73, with another rerun afterward at 0.19. NBC:  The NFL HALL OF FAME game kicked off preseason football […]

  The returnees were somewhat soft. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 1PM hour briefing was the key time for the news networks, with Fox News at 0.68/1.06/5.1M, CNN at 0.59/0.90/3.1M, and MSNBC at 0.21/0.35/2.2M.  Aside from […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.83.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.16.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION gained 0.02 to 0.06, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.06 compared to last week’s 0.04/0.04.  In late night, NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE edged up 0.02 to 0.67.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to a miserable 0.9.  The afternoon news was better at ABC, where THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY all got 0.1 bumps, as did AMERICAN IDOL and SURVIVOR.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few […]