NETWORK UPDATE:  All of Sunday’s newest shows gained 0.1 in final numbers, with increases for BATTLE CREEK, SECRETS AND LIES and THE LAST MAN ON EARTH.  In addition, 60 MINUTES and the reruns of THE VOICE and THE SIMPSONS were up 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

  Everyone knows that TV is a pitiless business, where a show lives or dies by the ratings it receives. Except… not always. Today, VH1 announced that it was renewing its time-travel dramedy Hindsight, even though the show’s Season 1 finale had a 0.17 rating in 18-49s, losing 70% of its Mob Wives lead-in.  (And […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The CBS preemptions for college basketball tournament games caught up with it, and THE AMAZING RACE fell 0.2 from early numbers, with HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS each down 0.1.  Elsewhere, CRISTELA lost 0.1 to an uglier 0.9 rating, and CW’s rerun of TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS was barely visible after losing 0.1 to […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 14 and Sunday March 15, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 1.55 rating CBS 1:00 pm Big Ten Semifinal: Purdue vs #6-Wisconsin 1.90 rating CBS 3:30 […]

None of the new Sunday arrivals look like a breakout hit. 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 […]

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).

  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. CBS:  The network was […]