NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE GONG SHOW and MIDNIGHT, TEXAS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE coverage notched a Monday cable win at 1.21/1.15/1.05, compared to last week’s 1.06/1.05/1.03.  On […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST gained 0.1 in final numbers.  However, the REIGN season finale, along with the night’s SVU rerun, each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader topped everything on network TV last night, even on an evening of high-profile season finales, with 2.64 for the Cleveland/Chicago game, and […]

  Another quiet, low-rated Friday. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  This […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s SHARK WEEk continued to chomp on cable, with NUCLEAR SHARKS at 0.80, JUNGLE SHARK at 0.79, and SHARK AFTER DARK at 0.55.  USA followed a 0.04 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL, THE ROOKIE, ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and FAMILY GUY.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that for reasons we can’t explain, Nielsen is regularly listing Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 2d hour of COUPLED and the full CW line-up (both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and MADTV) lost the same.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN took Tuesday cable honors, down 0.04 to 0.93. OWN’s THE HAVES AND […]

  BLUE BLOODS ended its season with a small bump. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things didn’t get better for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in finals, which adjusted to 3.4, down 1.1 from last week’s game.  There were no other changes from morning numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The pinch was felt on the NFL […]