A big bump for the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE. 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 […]

  A truncated night. 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 comparisons follow the […]

  It was almost like football season last night, with a sports overrun claiming Sunday’s biggest rating by far. CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  “The Masters over-run into CBS prime time last night (including two sudden-death playoff holes) averaged a 4.1 fast national rating with adults 18-49, which we are adjusting up to 4.7 to reflect […]

>American Idol still guided FOX to a Wednesday win, but wow is the show in a tailspin.  Are they letting too many untalented singers through?  Jim Carrey’s daughter the other night — really?  Is the format simply tired?  In any case, it still won the 8 pm hour handily and helped successfully launch the new […]

    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 comparisons follow the chart.   ABC:  The […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday July 19, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE GOOD DOCTOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL jumped a full point from last week’s game to 3.89.  USA’s WWE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dipped 0.03 to 0.48, and 20/20 was down 0.08 to 0.28. CBS:  SWAT shed 0.03 to 0.40, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.03 to 0.45, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.02 to 0.45. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL gained 0.04 to 0.24, and DATELINE was up 0.07 to 0.34. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped […]