NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM, 8:30PM and 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns each lost 0.1 in final numbers after adjustment for local baseball preemptions.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even SHARK WEEK couldn’t dislodge VH1 and USA from the top of Monday […]

  Disappointing results for the high-profile newcomers. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, down 0.4 from last week’s final number.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY, GOTHAM and WILL & GRACE each gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game took the Thursday cable crown at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Another 0.1 for EMPIRE pushed the blockbuster to 5.4 in final numbers, and AMERICAN IDOL gained a tenth as well.  In addition, SURVIVOR and ARROW gained 0.1.  However, BLACK-ISH, NASHVILLE and THE 100 each lost 0.1. Ratings in  demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MACGYVER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was on the minds of many as they tuned into Friday cable, with the 4PM hour of CNN’s LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER on top with 0.57/0.80/2.9M, and with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR, THE MASKED SINGER and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SWAT rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was again at the top, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (i.e. […]

        NETWORK FINALS: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1, down 0.1 from last week’s game. AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but 60 MINUTES and the reruns of NCIS: LA and MACGYVER lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for both components of THE BACHELOR finale and AMERICA’S MOST WANTED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.59/0.56/0.53 compared to last week’s 0.58/0.55/0.53.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]