BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE lost 0.06 to 0.85, and ULTIMATE SURFER ticked up to 0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.20-0.32. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR dropped 0.07 to 0.47, and THE WALL was down a tenth to 0.32. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN fell 0.14 to 0.50, followed by a special episode at 0.48. CW:  ROSWELL, […]

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

  A 2-hour ONCE UPON A TIME boosted ABC’s night, but not the show itself. 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 […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 40: September 27-October 3, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was a 0.2 boost for the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun in final numbers, and an 0.1 increase for the rerun of YES, VIRGINIA. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was by far the highest […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.04 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS was up 0.04 to 0.43, THE CONNERS returned from a rerun week down a tenth to 0.51, and HOME ECONOMICS ticked up to 0.30.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS returned from last week’s preemption steady at 0.28. CBS:  SURVIVOR fell 0.17 to 0.84, […]

  We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from its premiere, down about 350,000 viewers (over 20%) and significantly older than it had been, with a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK rose 0.15 to 0.68, outdone by its lead-out 20/20, which had a tremendous performance for the night, jumping 0.55 to 1.02. CBS:  Following a rerun SWAT at 0.33, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 to 0.43, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.05 to 0.46. NBC:  THE WALL dropped 0.06 to […]