NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and OPRAH WITH HARRY & MEGHAN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s coverage of the NBA ALL-STAR GAME was down 0.67 from the 2020 edition to 1.93, […]

  People missed MACGYVER. 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. CBS:  Despite terrible […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE BACHELOR climbed an additional 0.1 to 3.3. MONDAY CABLE:  Not a particularly good night.  BATES MOTEL (A&E) dived a steep 0.4 from last week’s season premiere to 0.9, and that sent THOSE WHO KILL down to a near-death 0.3.  DALLAS (TNT) stayed at 0.4, but that’s not good news.  SWITCHED AT […]

Note: Local broadcast coverage of the ESPN NFL Monday Night Football doubleheader impacted the fast-affiliate nationals below. ABC numbers are inflated slightly by local pre-emptions in Houston for the early game and San Francisco-Oakland for the late game. NBC numbers inflated slightly by a pre-emption in New Orleans for the early game. In Denver, the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The entire ABC line-up of SHARK TANK, PRESS YOUR LUCK and CARD SHARKS, as well as NBC’s DATELINE, lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.04 to 0.58.   Adult Swim’s line-up […]

A week off didn’t work out well for the ABC line-up.   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). […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]