NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 1.35/1.14.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s BREEDERS returned at 0.13/0.08 compared to last year’s series premiere at 0.12/0.09.  The finale of HBO’s BEARTOWN ticked up to 0.02/115K. TNT’s NCAA TOURNAMENT game […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a rerun week down 0.06 to 0.43.  The first CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE in 3 weeks slipped 0.02 to 0.38.  A pair of THE ROOKIE episodes were at 0.44/0.41, up from 0.31 for the last new episode a month ago. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks […]

  The NFL PLAYOFFS game and its lead-out premiere were down. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CROSSING’s premiere got worse in finals, down 0.1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s coverage of the NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP game dominated the night at 4.09, with local announcer simulcasts on TNT (0.55) and Tru (0.19); the resulting 4.83 […]

World Cup 2014 continued Friday with a well-rated match on ESPN Friday at 3 pm (Netherlands versus Spain), which averaged 3.1 million viewers of any age and a 2.09 rating with men 18-49, well above the ESPN average for Group Stage matches in 2010 (2.1 million total viewers and 1.47 men 18-49 rating) and slightly […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Christmas Eve was a night of reruns, although in the afternoon FOX had a big 7.23 rating for the NFL.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s primetime game dominated cable at 3.15.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.25.  Meanwhile, TBS and TNT loaded up […]

> NBC continues to settle on Monday, down another three tenths of a rating point from last week across the entire night.  The Voice is down two tenths week to week (although that decline could become a one tenth drop when the official nationals are in).  The real decline is at 10 pm, with Smash […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: TRY THIS AT HOME lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE franchise remained dominant on Monday cable at 0.77/0.50/0.44, compared to last week’s 0.88/0.48/0.46.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked up to […]