NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s (amazing) Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA game gained half a point in final numbers.  Somewhat less excitingly, the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun on CBS rose 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO insists on listing its licensed theatrical movies […]

Partial ratings are in for last night’s Super Bowl (the household rating from the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters, covering 70% of the country).  Excluding the 8:45-9:15 pm half hour, most of which was the truly embarrassing Superdome blackout, the game averaged a 48.1 household rating in the metered markets, edging the previous record […]

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 […]

  Declines were mostly soft for the evening. 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 […]

  The bombs burst in midair for NBC on July 4th. NBC:  There are fireworks, and then there is the MACY’S 4TH OF JULY SPECTACULAR, by far the highest rated show of the night with a 1.7 (although that was down from 2.1 last year).  The 2d highest?  A rerun of the same show the […]

        NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will continue to be posted as usual, but due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival, for the next week all text and responses to comments/requests will be delayed, potentially for a day or more.  Things will be back to normal on Monday, September 18.   […]

  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were once again on top, with double features on both TNT (1.39/0.87) and ESPN (1.27/1.17).   Adult Swim had 3 of the next 4 slots, with 0.67 (up 0.10) for KILL LA KILL, 0.65 (up 0.12) for SWORD ART ONLINE, and 0.56 (up 0.18) for INUYASHA, all of which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, down a point from last week’s game.  On CBS, where football slid the schedule, 60 MINUTES gained 0.04 to 1.9, NCIS: LA rose 0.1 to 0.9, and MADAM SECRETARY’s rating was 0.6, steady with last week.           Broadcast Official Nationals […]