A low night for THE SIMPSONS. 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 […]

  A very consistent 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]

  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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was 0.1 worth of good news under the afternoon ratings tree for THE GOLDBERGS, NASHVILLE and ARROW.  But CRIMINAL MINDS, BLACK-ISH, AMERICAN IDOL and SUPERNATURAL found 0.1 of coal instead.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another night, another NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader on TNT, which owned the top of Wednesday cable with 2.03/1.65 ratings.  Although considerably […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for AMERICAN IDOL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  That wacky reality series we call the REPUBLICAN DEBATES continued to score big, this time giving a 3.62 rating to Fox News […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US dropped 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD narrowly led Friday cable, up 0.02 to 0.58, with the pre-show hour up 0.03 to 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.57/0.40, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.57.  In addition, the rerun of GAME OF TALENTS adjusted to the next tenth, and the rerun of LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME adjusted to the next-lowest tenth.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for FRESH OFF THE BOAT, KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD and THE FLASH in final numbers, while BULL and LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  After a weekend of […]