>CBS was up a touch from last week, thanks to high ratings from the NCAA basketball tournament flowing into prime time.  The bad news is that basketball ended at 7:18 pm, so the impact was not as substantial as if the game had ended around 7:30 or 7:45.  The other broadcast networks were similar to […]

  A throwaway 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 follows the chart. ABC:  A new […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 led Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP up 0.05 to 1.13, as BASKETBALL WIVES gained 0.09 to 1.04. USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.06/1.05/1.03, compared […]

  Most shows returned from a week or more off. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The STATE OF THE UNION address was a blockbuster on Fox News, at 1.47/2.22/11.6M, while the DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE led CNN at 0.58/0.80/2.9M and MSNBC at 0.34/0.47/2.8M.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Could things get worse for STATE OF AFFAIRS?  Yes they could:  final numbers pushed the show down 0.1 to an even deeper series low of 0.7.  Also down 0.1 were THE BACHELOR, now at 1.7, and CASTLE, now at 1.3.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1.  Football-related adjustments on other networks pushed the reruns of THE SIMPSONS and BOB’S BURGERS down by 1.2 each, 60 MINUTES and THE SIMPSONS down 0.4, and GOD FRIENDED ME, BOB’S BURGERS and the MAGNUM PI rerun down 0.1.         Broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 1.1, followed by reruns at 0.4/0.3. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 to 1.4, and BRING THE FUNNY was steady at 0.7. FOX:  After a rerun of THE RESIDENT at 0.4, the season finale of FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE was up 0.1 to […]