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 […]

  CRISTELA had a fair start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Friday, 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 Grammys were big–but not as big as last year’s. CBS:  The 2013 GRAMMY AWARDS had a 10.1 rating, completely dominating the night.  However, that was steeply down from last year’s 14.1 (which may have been partly the result of Whitney Houston’s sudden death before the ceremony). ABC:  It’s not clear why ABC chose to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of SHARK TANK was at 0.48, down just 0.04 from the 2021 premiere.  20/20 was at 0.32. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was at 0.37.  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION fell 0.07 to 0.14, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.16. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL slipped 0.02 to 0.22, and DATELINE was […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The GRAMMY AWARDS adjusted to 5.6, down 0.3 from 2018’s final number.  In addition, THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE:  many shows took last week off due to the Super Bowl, so except where […]

  A solid season premiere for ALL AMERICAN. 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 […]

  Under the Dome is still the place to be on Mondays. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME slipped again, down 0.2 from last week, but it remains one of the biggest hits of the summer with a 2.7 rating.  That more than doubled the line-up’s highest rated rerun, a 1.3 for 2 BROKE GIRLS. ABC:  A […]

  The shows that fell last week didn’t bounce back. 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 […]