ABC’s game shows thrived. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

  Football domination. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. […]

>Three weeks into the November sweep, FOX remains in first place, holding on to a 20% increase over last November.  CBS is up 9%, ABC down 2%, and NBC even with last November in fourth place.  FOX won the third Wednesday of the sweep by a mile, up 73% over the same night last year.  […]

The throne is still occupied. HBO:  Like most of the spring cable series, GAME OF THRONES is heading into its homestretch, with just 2 episodes left (Stannis is about to reach King’s Landing!).  The show continues to be a blockbuster by pay-cable standards, with a 2.0 rating that was even up a bit from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again in the lead on Friday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.39/0.65/4.1M, CNN TONIGHT at 0.38/0.56/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did MODERN FAMILY and ARROW.  The rerun of SVU dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT led Wednesday cable with 1.71 for the Clippers/Spurs game, preceded by 1.05 for Memphis/Portland.  (Way down in the new supplemental chart, at #77, is the 0.14 for […]

  Not a good night for anyone. 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 […]

  We won’t have Friday’s cable numbers until Monday, but there’s a good chance that ESPN’s World Cup coverage outrated everything on the broadcast networks last night. NBC:  The dubious honor of the night’s highest rated show went to DATELINE, down 0.2 from its last airing (it was preempted last week by the Stanley Cup Finals) […]