NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL and KEVIN CAN WAIT rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast led Monday cable with big gains from last week at 1.50/1.49/1.40, compared to 1.22/1.21/1.15, followed by a NINJA VS NINJA episode […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.07 to 0.60, with lead-out GOTTI: GODFATHER & SON at 0.34.  The Adult Swim late-night line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no relief for NBC in final ratings, which didn’t budge any of the network’s shows as much as 0.1.  In fact, the night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 drop for BACKSTROM. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did COOPER BARRETT and the 7PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–with the exception of Showtime and Food Network, virtually every cable network aired reruns last week against the Super Bowl, so comparisons […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  Fans weren’t lining up for the return of PERSON OF INTEREST. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Friday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again sports-heavy.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games sandwiched the NFL DRAFT coverage shared between the mothership network, ESPN2, and NFL Network.  The NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for 9-1-1: LONE STAR.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.60/0.57/0.53 compared to last week’s 0.54/0.48/0.44, and STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN was down 0.07 to 0.16.  Bravo’s […]