NETWORK UPDATE:  CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the PERSON OF INTEREST rerun, while the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained a tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL game eked out a narrow victory […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.23, down four-tenths from 2022’s Game 4. CBS:  Reruns at 0.20/0.16/0.14. NBC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.30. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.13 to 0.60. CW:  After a rerun at 0.05, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dipped 0.02 to 0.05, and GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF was […]

>ABC’s Sunday dramas were the priority in last night’s Private Practice, although Pan Am remains in the middle of the pack of the ranking, looking at the entire week.  This would have to be considered a “maintenance” level of promotion for the Jet Age drama rather than a real push.  Once Upon a Time also […]

  NBC understandably wants to shout its early-season good tidings as loudly as possible, and to that end it’s given very quick back orders (9 additional episodes on top of the 13-episode initial order) to REVOLUTION, GO ON and THE NEW NORMAL.  The first two of these are completely logical, as Revolution and, to a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.67/0.63.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW crashed by 0.26 to 0.50.  On History, VIKINGS dropped 0.07 to 0.50, and […]

  ABC and CW had local MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions and may be subject to adjustment in finals. 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 […]

  NOTE:  Season To Date and Weekly Network Ratings Charts Are Below NBC made a surprise move today, announcing that THE BLACKLIST, rather than following the pattern of last season’s Revolution and airing only with The Voice as its lead-in, will broadcast three new episodes next month starting on January 13, making tonight’s fall finale […]