NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS news special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News occupied the Top 30 slots on our chart, and CNN was again in the lead, peaking […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, with 0.1 declines for 20/20: IN AN INSTANT and the 10PM 48 HOURS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   On BBCAmerica, after DOCTOR WHO fell 0.04 to 0.17, the final season of […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE found an extra 0.2 in final numbers, tying it with last week’s 5.8.  In addition, AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.1, while CSI: CYBER lost 0.1.  The reruns of AMERICAN CRIME and SVU both dropped 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Sports adjustments put the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP on CBS at 0.5, the NHL game on NBC at 0.3, and PBC Boxing on FOX at 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was firmly in control of Saturday cable.  There were NBA […]

  Solid starts for NBC’s new sitcoms. 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:  As expected, football adjustments pushed ABC’s line-up down, with both DANCING WITH THE STARS and LIVING EVERY DAY: LUKE BRYAN down 0.2 in finals.  In addition, THE GIFTED fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL climbed […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fell 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s DEADLIEST CATCH ruled Tuesday cable, up 0.14 to 1.00, and with its lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT at 0.49.  THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN) rose 0.08 to 0.89.  On Spike, INK MASTER and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  (NOTE:  because of the NFL preemptions last night, comparisons are to last Thursday’s final ratings, not to this morning’s preliminaries.)  On ABC, ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB and ROOKIE BLUE remained at last week’s 0.6, while MISTRESSES climbed 0.1 to 0.7.  On CBS, the MOM reruns, at 0.7/0.8, were far below last week’s BIG BANG THEORY/MOM reruns at […]