Viewers aren’t excited about gymnastics yet. 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. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1 and THE ISLAND fell 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual on Mondays without special events, the cable night belonged to USA’s WWE coverage and VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP.  The former was at 1.38-1.25 over its 3 hours (up about a tenth from […]

  MONDAY UPDATE:  The most significant change from the overnights was the 0.1 decline for HART OF DIXIE, which doesn’t sound like much, but reduced the show to a tiny 0.2 rating, which one would think even on CW would mean certain cancellation.  The KITCHEN NIGHTMARES rerun was up 0.1 on FOX, but the RAISING […]

ABC had its last night of basketball-fueled domination Thursday, with Miami winning at home and ending the series at five games.  Nothing on the other networks had a chance of working. ABC carried ESPN’s coverage of Game 5 of the NBA Finals, earning a preliminary 6.5 Adult 18-49 rating for the game at 9 pm ET. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 4 adjusted up to 2.6 in final numbers, and ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.4. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Elsewhere on the gridiron, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up the top 6 slots of […]

  Friday remained a sleepy 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 follows the […]

> CBS led the way last night on the broadcast networks with a 3.7 rating ,with Adults 18-49 for an all-original line up: How I Met Your Mother (3.9), 2 Broke Girls (4.3), Two and a Half Men (4.4), Mike & Molly (3.8) and Hawaii Five-O (2.9).  Because of a massive upgrade at 8:30 pm, […]

      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: Sunday May 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]