NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for its live coast-to-coast airing, AMERICAN IDOL ended up at 1.9.  Elsewhere, THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD dipped 0.12 to 0.97, INTO THE BADLANDS was down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME adjusted up to a tremendous 9.1, up 1.9 over last year’s championship game even without the potential for a winner with a perfect record.  Once the time zones were cleaned out, the night’s MIKE & MOLLY rerun was reduced to 1.0.  There were no other changes to this morning’s […]

NEW FEATURE: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show.  We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and afternoon ratings isn’t doable, for example), but would appreciate any thoughts and comments. ABC had the night’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday broadcast ratings.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s SNOWFALL had a solid launch at 0.58 (a tick behind its lead-in, the theatrical movie KINGSMAN). Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE led the night, up 0.04 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Sunday’s broadcast shows.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Amazingly, the Season 7 premiere of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES was its highest-rated episode ever–and it wasn’t close.  At 4.71, it was […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but both the new and rerun episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime led another slow Friday on cable, as THE RAP GAME rose 0.03 to […]

  Basketball led a slow night. 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. CW:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and the 8PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IZOMBIE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated Tuesday cable at 1.81, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]