NETWORK FINALS:  After NCAA TOURNAMENT adjustment, 60 MINUTES reduced to 1.6, NCIS: LA lost 0.1 and MADAM SECRETARY dropped 0.2.  Elsewhere, SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD led Sunday cable once again, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led Saturday at 1.17.  NBC’s SNL was at 0.92, down 0.05 from last week.  CW’s originals were at 0.07/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL once again dominated Saturday cable, but it was ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY, not any game, on top […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.65.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.36.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL owned Saturday cable, with ESPN’s games at 1.18/0.76/0.37 (finding time for US OPEN coverage at 0.27), Big Ten Network’s at 0.40/0.31/0.27, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH tied for the lead on Friday cable, down 0.03 to 0.69, with the lead-out WHITE WATER hour down 0.06 to 0.47.  A&E’s LIVE […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday:  

  The only fireworks that interested viewers on July 4th were the literal kind. 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 […]

Note: The preliminary numbers below for NBC contain viewing the Baltimore-Buffalo NFL Divisional playoff game in most of the country (the roughly 75% of the country living in the Eastern and Central time zones). The preliminary NBC numbers below contain viewing of local programming in the West. The official nationals next week will synchronize the […]

  Incremental changes. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]