NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.76/1.06, compared to 2.19 for the parallel night in 2018.  CW’s GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT continued its coverage of NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND, with events at 1.76/0.46.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.36/0.33/0.28/0.25/0.23/0.21.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and ZOO gained 0.1 in final numbers, while both reruns of FRESH OFF THE BOAT declined by the same amonnt. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH climbed 0.13 to 0.93 and took Tuesday cable honors, with lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT up a tenth to 0.43.  THE HAVES AND HAVE […]

NBC won Election Night with a preliminary 4.6 adult 18-49 rating in primetime.  This very Voice-like rating is substantially higher than the 3.2 rating NBC has averaged on Tuesday night the first six weeks of the season. ABC also did very well relative to its normal Tuesday performance.  ABC News averaged a 3.8 from 8-11 pm, […]

  Last night’s festival of season/series finales was also a riot of off-hour running times, and there will be more than the usual number of afternoon adjustments once final numbers are on.  The analysis below features updated American Idol, The Office  and Hannibal numbers from the ones in this morning’s chart.  Note from the “if […]

  Due to the STATE OF THE UNION address, only one network aired original programming after 9PM. 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 […]

Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:  Three of the night’s shows returned with their first fresh episodes in a month, and as is increasingly the case, the long […]

  Bachelors and ninjas are going toe-to-toe. 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 […]

You know it’s a weird night when the clearest-cut winner is Community. FOX:  As of this morning’s preliminary numbers, FOX won the night, but it’s loaded with asterisks.  AMERICAN IDOL‘s 3.5 may change because it ran until 9:32PM–for now, it’s down 0.3 from last week, and down a giant 1.4 from this time last year. […]