NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 0.9, and FOX’s game adjusted up 0.3 to 3.6.  In another college football-related adjustment, the rerun of BULL lost 0.4 in final numbers.  The rerun DATELINE also dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 3.6 from the hourly preliminary numbers.  In addition, ABC’s telecast of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS fell 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we sometimes need to note, many cable networks treat their theatrical movie presentations […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM and THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 20/20 lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game topped Friday cable (and broadcast) at 1.43. Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE edged up 0.02 to 0.75.  NBC Sports […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO persists in labeling its theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is at the top of Saturday’s cable list, although that 0.75 […]

  EMPIRE moved up from last week’s low, but it’s still not what it used to be. 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 […]

  THE MICK dipped. 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. FOX:  […]

  THE GOOD PLACE ended its season in a medium place. 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 […]

  MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:  FOX has issued post-SUPER BOWL ratings for 24: LEGACY, which had a 6.1 18-49 rating and 17.6M total P2+ viewers.  In any other context, of course, those would be massive numbers.  But compared to other post-Super Bowl programming, they’re rather mild.  Last year’s LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, which started only […]