NETWORK FINALS:  Things got even worse for ABC’s SOMEWHERE BETWEEN in final numbers, as it fell 0.1 to a flat-out awful 0.5 premiere.  The rerun of LIFE IN PIECES also lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 stayed on top […]

  There was moderate interest in an hour about current events. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was steady at 0.50.  After a rerun, THE GAME SHOW SHOW was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.71.  The series finale of TRUE LIES was up 0.05 to 0.22. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED up 0.07 to 0.47, FIRE up 0.05 to 0.49, and […]

  There was more drama on screen than at the ratings box for the SLEEPY HOLLOW season finale. 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 […]

ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball’s (actually State Farm’s) Home Run Derby averaged a 2.7 rating with Adults 18-49, making it the top cable program in the past seven days and the top program on any network Monday night (edging FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef, both at a 2.5 rating in the official nationals for last night).  This is up […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.90 rating CBS 12:00 pm Syracuse at North Carolina State 1.83 rating CBS 2:00 pm […]

  WWE SMACKDOWN is looking less powerful. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and JUDGE STEVE HARVEY was down 0.02 to 0.25.  A rerun followed at 0.23. CBS:  On season finale night, FBI was down 0.03 from last week to 0.42 (last season the show’s finale was pulled at the last minute for content reasons and aired some […]