The return of BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS wasn’t an event. 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). […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers, but at 4.7, it was still nowhere near last year’s 6.0 premiere.  SVU, SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE all lost 1.0 from their already unimpressive ratings.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The Season 5 premiere episodes of DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) were at 3.3/3.4, easily the top-rated […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s originals were at 0.04/0.03.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.32, and UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.21.  Hallmark’s original movie 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE was at 0.18.  ESPN’s UFC programming was at 0.16/0.12.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and SHADES OF BLUE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the IHEARTCOUNTRY FESTIVAL lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was an up-and-down night for HBO, where SHARP OBJECTS jumped 0.12 to 0.36, and the 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). ###

Past Winter Olympic Same Night (First Saturday) P18-49 live+same day ratings: 2014 Sochi 6.3, 2010 Vancouver 7.6, 2006 Turin 6.7, 2002 Salt Lake City 9.8 Last night’s fast national rating Winter Olympic should go up around +10% in the official live+same day nationals for NBC, and the TAD (Total Audience Delivery) which includes streaming should […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for FOR LIFE and CHICAGO PD.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s coverage of the impeachment trial led Wednesday cable, with the 7PM hour at 0.62/0.88/4M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.75 (Lakers vs. Dallas)/0.36 (New Orleans vs. Knicks).  A&E’s LIVE PD was steady at 0.61, and the pre-show hour was down […]