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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no relief for ONCE UPON A TIME’s series low in final numbers.  60 MINUTES lost 0.1 once the CBS football overrun was removed, and both BOB’S BURGERS and the rerun FAMILY GUY  gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated […]

        NETWORK RATINGS:  As will be the case for the next 2 weeks or so, there was no morning ratings text today, so we’ll provide fuller analysis of the finals: ABC:  Between 0.7/0.8 sitcom reruns, a pair of new ALEX INC half-hours were at 0.7/0.6, compared to last week’s 0.6.  DESIGNATED SURVIVOR […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for the season finales of THE VOICE, THE FLASH and THE REAL O’NEALS in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT took its NBA PLAYOFFS-fueled turn at the top of Tuesday cable, with 3.59 for its Golden […]

Two ABC sitcoms aired without their usual lead-ins, with mixed results. ABC:  The season finale of SUBURGATORY had to be a self-starter last night, airing as a one-hour without either Modern Family or The Middle as a lead-in.  The 8PM half-hour had a 1.5 that was down half a point from recent Middle ratings.  But the show recovered […]

Big Brother’s second episode aired last night, scoring a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49.  Although it was the top-rated broadcast program Sunday night (and the only network program to top a 2.0 rating Sunday), last night’s episode was down three-tenths of a rating point from the comparable episode last summer.  More detail on Sunday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable at 0.58 (up 0.28 from last week’s SPECIAL EDITION episode), with the lead-in hour up 0.04 to […]

Even the one football game no one cares about can score well enough to win the night. NBC:  The PRO BOWL, a game so uninteresting that there’s been recurring discussion about ending it altogether, had a 3.3 in preliminary numbers (down around 10% from last year), but that was sufficient for NBC’s last Sunday win […]