UPDATE:  THE WINTER OLYMPICS didn’t adjust up quite as much as we expected, hitting 4.9.  UP fittingly went a bit higher, by 0.1 to 1.0.  SUNDAY CABLE:  Although THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) fell a sharp 1.4 from last week’s season premiere, its 6.8 was more than enough to take care of the OLYMPICS.  Its […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  A full boat of NFL PRESEASON-fueled adjustments.  On ABC, the A MILLION LITTLE THINGS reruns dropped 0.1-0.3 in final numbers.  On CBS, the procedural reruns fell 0.3-0.4, and 48 HOURS was down 0.3.  On NBC, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE lost 0.1.  Both reruns on FOX dropped […]

  No farewell bump for THE ORIGINALS. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER, THE GOLDBERGS, BLACK-ISH, and the CBS and NBC news specials all gained 0.1 in final numbers.  As we mentioned this morning, the 9PM hour on CBS wasn’t filled with a new episode of THE AMAZING RACE but rather by a SWAT rerun.         […]

  SURVIVOR took a dip. 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. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and LOVE ISLAND gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for the NBA PLAYOFFS, with TNT’s coverage of Lakers vs. Houston at 2.02 and Miami vs. Milwaukee at 1.16.  […]

> Baseball threw FOX–sorry–a curveball, but there was plenty of bad news for everyone last night. FOX:  Since the playoff game lasted until 8:52PM eastern time, it isn’t clear why FOX didn’t just fill in the 8 minutes left in the hour and go straight to House at 9PM.  But for whatever reason, they ran […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 6 rounded up 0.4 to a final 6.6.  In addition, CHICAGO FIRE, THE VOICE, THE FLASH and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA Network was at the top of Tuesday […]