Another NBC vs CBS showdown–but this one goes the other way. CBS:  Two-thirds of a remarkable night.  The back-to-back episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY that served as its Season 7 premiere were spectacular at 5.3/5.8, not just the highest network scores of the week (barring football), but up from last year’s 5.0 for […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in final numbers, as GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER all climbed an extra 0.1.  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, again significantly higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.3, and the pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to 0.9.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA Finals didn’t hurt MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION, up a robust 0.23 from last week to 1.21, with EX […]

  OSCARS UPDATE:  The shortfall for last night’s ACADEMY AWARDS presentation was even worse in time zone-adjusted numbers, with the ceremony only up to 10.8, down 2.3 points from 2014.  Although a lot of the fault has to do with the arthouse nature of the major nominees, it’ll be interesting to see if the Academy and […]

        NETWORK FINALS to come.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.67, with MIZ & MRS down 0.03 to 0.36, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY down 0.02 to 0.23.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY gained […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.3, up 0.7 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps for STATION 19, GREY’S ANATOMY, and the rerun of SUPERSTORE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was […]

  It appears that this fall season will lack any breakout hit for the networks. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The SHARK TANK season finale rose 0.1 in final numbers.  All else remained as reported below. FRIDAY CABLE:  With no NBA Playoffs on tap, it was a quiet night, dominated by comedy reruns.  The only sizable numbers were WWE (Syfy) at 0.7 and SONS OF GUNS (Discovery) at 0.6, both steady with […]