Some season/series finales were received more eagerly than others. 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 […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the series premiere of EVIL and the season premiere of A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost the same.  In addition, FOX’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.6.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while CHICAGO FIRE and BEYOND THE TANK lost the same.  (Since someone raised the question this morning, the more precise final rating for NEW GIRL was 0.91, very slightly setting a new series low.)       Broadcast Official […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.9, and the 9PM AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games led Saturday cable at 1.14/0.95.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at 0.31/0.30.  […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained half a point to 6.8 in final numbers.  ABC’s finals were a mess, presumably because of local sports preemptions:  LAST MAN STANDING and DR KEN were each down 0.3 to 0.3/0.2, 20/20 fell 0.2 to 0.3, and BOSTON EMS was down 0.1 to 0.3.  In addition, FOX’s HOTEL […]

The Voice increases its dominance. NBC:  THE VOICE inched up to match its Spring cycle Tuesday high of 4.5, and with CBS in reruns, it more than doubled its nearest competition.  However, that did absolutely nothing for READY FOR LOVE, which fell to 1.3, down 0.2 from its premiere and less than one-third of its […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday May 30, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE FIX dropped the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s CHERNOBYL miniseries premiered at 0.19, and GENTLEMAN JACK was down 0.03 to 0.08.   The series finale […]