AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little change from this morning’s numbers, with 0.1 increases for AGENTS OF SHIELD, THE VOICE, THE BIGGEST LOSER and DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC.  ABC will hope the boost for SHIELD means that the show has leveled out after 2 months of nearly constant decline. TUESDAY CABLE:  A big episode of SONS […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD salvaged a shred of is dignity by rising 0.1 in final Tuesday numbers, although the resulting 2.1 is still a new low for the show.  SHIELD ran until 9:01PM, and after that THE GOLDBERGS dropped a corresponding 0.1 to 1.6.  In addition, NCIS gained 0.1 for 2.9. TUESDAY CABLE:  […]

NOTE: The preliminary ratings below are inflated by multiple major-market pre-emptions for NFL preseason games, impacting each network. We’re not going to attempt any analysis of the numbers until the finals are in this afternoon.  We will point out, though, that the adjustments shouldn’t affect how shows on a network rate relative to one another, […]

  THE MASKED SINGER was dominant on a night with many declines. 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 […]

> After last night’s admirably tense episode of BREAKING BAD, we can now say with certainty that the show has 25 left to go:  9 for this season, and then 16 more.  AMC and Sony have closed a deal for what is expected to be the series’ final 16 episode order, ending the (always unlikely) […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The EMMY AWARDS adjusted to 2.5 in final numbers, down 0.3 from 2016 and a new low.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, down 2 points from last week’s final rating.  On FOX, NFL adjustment pushed THE ORVILLE down half a point to 2.2, and the rerun of THE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.40, and THE GOLDBERGS was down 0.05 to 0.30.  After an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.23, NOT DEAD YET fell a tenth to 0.26, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR dipped 0.04 to 0.74.  After a rerun at 0.24, TRUE […]

  A very consistent night. 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. […]