AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL managed to salvage a shred of dignity (for this week, anyway) by gaining 0.1 in adjusted numbers to hit 2.0.  HELL’S KITCHEN also climbed 0.1, as did THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and PARENTHOOD.  Final numbers for the Thursday primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games were 1.0/1.3, with the first game way down […]

Note: The NBC numbers below (NFL Wildcard Game coverage in the Eastern/Central time zones and mostly local programs in the primetime hours in the West) will go up around 15% to 20% in the official nationals on Tuesday morning. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key […]

  NOTE: FOX numbers below inflated by NFL Preseason pre-emptions in Seattle and part of prime time in Minneapolis. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   PGA Golf: The Masters “Hello, Friends…” 4.4 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-30% […]

  Another win for SHARK TANK. 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 follows the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and DANCING WITH THE STARS got back a bit of what they’d lost to 24, each up 0.1 from this morning.  MIKE & MOLLY, though, fell an additional 0.1.  The 10PM NCIS LA rerun was also down 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  The season premiere of LOUIE (FX), at 0.5 for […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 16-17, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, September 17-18, […]

  EMPIRE:  Midseason TBD on FOX THE FACTS:  Think Nashville, but with a hip-hop beat and an A-level pedigree.  Music tycoon Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is dying–although not just yet–and has to decide who between his two sons will inherit his giant company, causing all manner of family scheming.  Complicating things further:  his ex-wife (Taraji […]