NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net took the night with 0.99 for Game 3 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS.  (We don’t normally report on the theatrical movies that networks list as “originals,” but it’s […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  Adjustments were mostly in the networks’s favor, as THE MIDDLE, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT all gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS, THE FLASH and THE VOICE.  But poor NO TOMORROW sank 0.1 to 0.2, and even by CW standards that’s just terrible.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STARGIRL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was at the top of Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.37/0.60/4.1M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.29/0.43/3.4M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.26/0.39/1.9M.  On […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to football adjustment, DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1 in final numbers, TO TELL THE TRUTH dropped 0.2, and CW’s reruns of SUPERGIRL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for  NCIS, THE VOICE and THIS IS US, while LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME and BLACK-ISH lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA regular season has begun, and it gave […]

  For anyone who missed this morning’s introduction:  below are last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, which in this case gets us all the way to the 159th-most watched show on cable Monday night, because of the avalanche of reruns that clog the full list.  The demographic categories below should be self-explanatory, and the green and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2, just like Game 1, adjusted up by half a point to 3.4 in final numbers.  That is at least closer to last year’s Game 2 final number, which was 3.6.  Elsewhere, CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1, as did THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY, but BLACK-ISH lost 0.1.  […]

  The first ugly night of the new season. 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 […]