AMERICAN IDOL returned at a lower level. 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 […]

  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW suffered in its change of networks. 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 […]

NOTE: The FOX WORLD SERIES Game 3 numbers below will rise in the official nationals (about +20%) when live viewing in Los Angeles and the rest of the West Coast before 8PM PT is factored in.  However, even with that increase, the game’s ratings will be historically low. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9-1-1 rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE topped Monday cable at 0.85/0.58/0.56, compared to last week’s 0.73/0.68/0.55.  On Bravo, BELOW DECK gained 0.05 to 0.63, and CAMP GETAWAY was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19, MLS SOCCER and MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Note, due to Thanksgiving comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted. CNN’s BIDEN/HARRIS INTERVIEW led Thursday cable at 0.52/0.72/3.6M, with Fox News’s […]

>What an ugly night Tuesday has become.  Between the Daylight Saving Time effect early in the evening, a bumper crop of repeats, mid-season shows that are going nowhere, and a million other options (including streaming, DVR playback, local sports, and for the lucky audience in LA: freeway police chases on KCAL), no broadcast network last […]

  STATE OF AFFAIRS wasn’t quite as dead last night as it was a week ago, but it’s still far from healthy. 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) […]

CBS reruns don’t change much for the other networks. FOX:  Last night’s THE FOLLOWING felt a lot like an episode of 24, and parts of it were borderline ludicrous, but it was the game-changer the series needed, allowing it to broaden its canvas from here on.  In CBS’s absence, it was the highest-rated show of […]