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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  FRESH OFF THE BOAT and THE REAL O’NEALS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Presidential Address took up the top slots on Tuesday cable, with Fox News peaking during the 9PM hour at 1.68 in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THE WALL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.54/0.48/0.44, compared to last week’s 0.61/0.57/0.55, with STRAIGHT UP STEVE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were on TNT, at 1.64/1.39.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.09/1.09/0.97, compared to last week’s 1.38/1.32/1.30, and NINJA VS NINJA fell 0.09 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s FALL PREVIEW promo special dropped 0.2 in final numbers, but its COLLEGE FOOTBALL game held its preliminary 1.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a very unusual night dominated by hurricane updates, Starz’s POWER was the top-rated scripted show […]

For years now, we have received television ratings the following business day, except for network programs broadcast before or after prime time. Such programs that air in the morning, daytime, early evening or late night periods are not so affectionately called “fringe” dayparts. For decades, fringe daypart ratings for the broadcast networks have been released […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM ALMOST FAMILY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NAACP IMAGE AWARDS were at 0.20 on BET, 0.07 on VH1, 0.06 on Comedy Central, 0.03/106K on MTV, 0.02/162K on TV Land, 0.02/51K on CMT, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the ABC town hall special THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE ran without commercials, it wasn’t counted in Nielsen’s final numbers for Thursday. Elsewhere, BONES and SPARTAN each rose 0.1, while AQUARIUS and the LIFE IN PIECES rerun were each down the same.         Broadcast […]