Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings:
A deadly night of reruns for the most part. CBS: The highest rated show of the night was SURVIVOR, and even it was down 0.2 from last week to 2.2. It was followed by reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS (1.4) and CSI (1.2). FOX: The absence of new competition on most of the networks didn’t […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: AGENTS OF SHIELD gained an additional 0.1 in adjusted numbers, putting it at 2.1, 0.2 higher than last week’s 8PM episode. (The night’s rerun was up 0.1 as well.) Apart from that, a lot of shows also grew by 0.1, in some cases thus narrowly avoiding a series low. Climbers included THE […]
3 of the 4 major broadcast networks averaged under a 1.5 rating last week, a number that not so long ago meant instant cancellation. CBS has been head-and-shoulders above the other networks for the past 2 weeks, but that’s because of the event programming of the How I Met Your Mother finale and the […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: With the Masters overrun removed, 60 MINUTES fell 0.2 from early numbers. The rest of the adjustments were upward by 0.1: ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION on ABC, THE AMAZING RACE and THE MENTALIST on CBS, and THE SIMPSONS and COSMOS on FOX. SUNDAY CABLE: The Purple Wedding episode of GAME […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: 2 BROKE GIRLS and THE VOICE both climbed 0.1, and that was it for the adjustments on original programming. At 10PM, all the reruns were up 0.1. MONDAY CABLE: WWE (USA) was as usual in the lead, although at 1.7 it was down 0.2 from last week. On VH1, BASKETBALL WIVES was […]
Monday preliminary broadcast ratings:
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. PGA Golf: The Masters “Hello, Friends…” 4.4 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-30% […]