> Not even championship basketball can dent SMASHWatch. NBC:   Perhaps the moment last night that most typified the lows SMASH has reached was the bit where Ivy popped pain pills while staring into a mirror affixed with photos of Marilyn Monroe, while the theme to the Marilyn musical started to play in the background, because–sing […]

> The final Thursday of November sweeps wasn’t impressive for anyone. ABC:  The network had to be disappointed with the 2.5 earned by its 2-hour, much-promoted “intervention” episode of PRIVATE PRACTICE, which was down not only from Grey’s Anatomy numbers but even from Practice‘s 2.8 last week.  (It was, however, a strong episode, especially the […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below could be inflated somewhat by a local pre-emption in Kansas City for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which aired nationally on ESPN). NBC numbers below also include a local pre-emption for NFL MNF in Baltimore, where the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS was shifted to WBAL digital channel 2 and also available on […]

  UPDATE:  All the adjustments were upward, but they were also only by 0.1, giving a little extra to BELIEVE, RESURRECTION, COSMOS, ONCE UPON A TIME, AMERICAN DAD and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS.  SUNDAY CABLE:  A particularly wrenching hour of THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) continued to be the biggest thing on all of television, swamping […]

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 FINALS:  THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.3, down 0.9 from last year’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps for SURVIVOR and CHICAGO FIRE, while CHICAGO MED and SINGLE PARENTS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 10 through Sunday August 16, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up aired for the first time since December 16.  STATION 19 rose 0.06 to 0.75, GREY’S ANATOMY jumped 0.17 to 0.78, and BIG SKY was up 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  Airing for the first time since January 27, YOUNG SHELDON fell a tenth to 0.63, and UNITED STATES OF AL […]