NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE was the only Wednesday show to grow from morning numbers, with an additional 0.1 that put its rating at an even more amazing 5.8.  Is there any doubt it’ll hit a 6 by its season finale in 2 weeks? Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF in final numbers, as well as for the reruns of BLACKISH and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR.  BULLSEYE, though, lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  DUCK DYNASTY led Wednesday cable with a 0.87 season premiere, followed by 0.43/0.40 for the 2-episode premiere of COUNTRY BUCKS.  After a 0.61 lead-in from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of THE FLASH slipped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT took its customary Week 2 dive, this time down 0.78 to 1.24.  That puts CULT’s Week 2 0.55 behind the […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, up an impressive 2 points from last week’s final.  Other football-related adjustments reduced THE SIMPSONS, BOB’S BURGERS and 60 MINUTES by 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s a fact of ratings life in […]

  Everything was down from Premiere Week, but the drops were especially steep at FOX. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.0 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the reruns of THE GOOD DOCTOR and THE FOUR each dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon NFL PLAYOFFS game (which it shared with ABC) took the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and WORLD OF DANCE lost the same.  In addition, after baseball adjustment, CW’s reruns respectively dropped 0.1 and 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To those who asked, the official season premiere […]