BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.14 to 0.53, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD ticked up to 0.62, THE CHASE aired a new episode at 0.60, and TO TELL THE TRUTH returned at 0.47.  CBS:  60 MINUTES ticked down to 0.44, and BIG BROTHER gained a tenth to 1.06.  Reruns followed at […]

  Like the movie box office, the summer TV season is ending with a whimper. CBS:  The network will have to hope that there’s more audience interest in its new shows than the 0.8 rating for its CBS FALL PREVIEW infomercial suggests.  After that, the increasingly nutso UNDER THE DOME fell 0.2 to a new […]

Wednesday fast national ratings: FOX: American Idol still gives its network an easy win on Wednesday night (the 4.0 adult 18-49 rating doubles second-place ABC’s primetime average).  But the singing competition show just keeps dropping, down 15% from last week’s premiere episode and 28% below the comparable episode last year. ABC and NBC rebounded a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 and the season finale of THE F WORD lost the same in final numbers.  In addition, SALVATION was rated as a 2-hour, and emerged at 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo notched a narrow win […]

  Note:  Due to local preemption for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, ABC’s numbers may be particularly adjusted in finals. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, down a full point from last week’s game.  In addition, KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and SHARK TANK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was finale […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SNL Thanksgiving clip show and ALMOST FAMILY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.89 (Lakers vs. New Orleans)/0.57 (Brooklyn vs Boston), preceded by COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.37/0.24/0.18.  MTV’s THE […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings […]