NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fittingly, on the night of the Trump acquittal, Fox News led all of cable with THE FIVE at 0.52/0.85/5.3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.41/3.1M, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 to 3.0 in final Wednesday numbers (EMPIRE stayed put with its giant 4.0).  BLACK-ISH, however, fell to an even deeper series low, down 0.1 to 1.9.  It would be no shock if ABC swapped BLACK-ISH with THE GOLDBERGS on Wednesdays to get the new show away from the […]

Last night ABC won prime time easily with a 2.2 fast national rating with adults 18-49 for the thrilling overtime upset of Stanford over Oregon.  We estimate that the game will go up to around a 2.5 rating in the official nationals (which will properly count the Pacific time zone, scheduled to be released Tuesday […]

        NETWORK REPORT: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.1 from last week’s cycle premiere to 1.0, and THE CROSSING stayed at 0.5. CBS:  The season finale of KEVIN CAN WAIT climbed 0.2 from last week to 1.0 (down 0.1 from 2017), and MAN WITH A PLAN was up 0.1 to 0.9.  […]

  Viewers have already checked out of the season. 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 and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.48/0.39/0.34. CBS:  A run of the movie MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION at 0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rose 0.13 to 0.43, and WEAKEST LINK was at 0.24. FOX:  STARS ON MARS premiered at 0.24, and the season premiere of CRIME SCENE KITCHEN was at 0.24, down four-tenths from its […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s PRESEASON NFL game adjusted down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, local preemptions brought everything else down (except the rerun of FRESH OFF THE BOAT), with 0.1 drops for the rest of ABC and all of NBC.  FOX’s BIG3 BASKETBALL lost 0.3, and the CW line-up was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Because USA reports its WWE ratings in hour-long segments, Hour 1 took the night’s cable honors at 1.38, with the latter 2 hours at 1.31/1.26, compared to […]