NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers (and the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted to 1.2).  Elsewhere, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1, but both REIGN and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.         […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football this week was down from a 6.9 to a 5.0 rating this week.  Blame AFC teams and a lopsided score.  Jersey Shore was down a tenth of a rating point and pushed into third place by a very good season premiere of Walking Dead on AMC.  BET’s Hip Hop Awards scored […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO FIRE and THE MASKED SINGER.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING led Wednesday cable, up 0.09 to 0.42,  MTV’s THE […]

> The CW has announced their Fall premiere dates, and not unusually for them, several of their series will be unveiled the week before the other networks open for business.  (The downside for viewers is that this is one of the reasons The CW takes such long breaks between original episodes later in the season).  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MACGYVER lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.0.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, up 0.09 to 0.64, with MASTER OF ARMS up 0.02 to 0.22.  A&E’s […]

  MARLON’s return was low. 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. […]

It was another big night for the NBA and in this case ESPN as the scene shifted back to the Eastern Conference Finals.  A mammoth 4.8 rating with Adults 18-49 (and 11.1 million viewers 2+) watched LeBron James carry the Miami Heat on his back to tie the series 3-3, forcing a Game 7 Saturday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were football-related drops of 0.3 for the SVU rerun, 0.2 for the SWAT and GOOD PLACE reruns and 0.1 for BIG BROTHER and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s solo THURSDAY […]