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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.1 on Thanksgiving night.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The pickings were slim on Thanksgiving cable for original proramming.  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led at 0.73.  Hallmark’s holiday movie THE MISTLETOE INN was at […]

> GCB can’t capitalize on a lack of competition. ABC: GCB was virtually the only original scripted show to air in network primetime last night, and ABC chose the evening as the show’s opportunity to show what it could do in Desperate Housewives’ 9PM slot. The result was a 1.7 that was more than 30% […]

  Due to the Presidential address last night, early ratings may be subject to more adjustment than usual. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted up 0.1 to 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD dipped 0.02 to 0.57.  Adult Swim’s late-night shows performed as follows:  DRAGON B ALL at 0.45/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.47/0.38, MY HERO […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another news-heavy night, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.42/0.59/4.5M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.32/0.45/3.7M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.26/0.42/1.5M.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC rose […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE and NEXT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News retook the top of cable, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.73/1.12/5.2M, CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.47/0.69/2.9M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.41/3.2M.  History’s […]

  Chicago Fire, not for the first time, responds well when it doesn’t face off directly with CSI. NBC:  After the MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT‘s 1.8 (up slightly from last year), CHICAGO FIRE hit a 1.9, up half a point from last week. FOX:  THE X FACTOR was flat at 2.7. CBS:  A RASCAL FLATTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL only scraped to 0.9, […]