Fans weren’t lining up for the return of PERSON OF INTEREST. 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). […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE WINTER OLYMPICS gained only 0.1 in adjusted numbers, bringing it to 5.0, more than a point behind Vancouver and more than 3 points behind Turin for the night.  (Don’t even ask about Salt Lake City.)  At least the afternoon adjustments gave the Games something, though–AMERICAN IDOL stayed at its awful, all-time […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the series finale of ARROW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Note that because the pilot for TBS’s MIRACLE WORKERS aired as a “sneak peek” after the SAG AWARDS, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The reruns of THE ORIGINALS and JANE THE VIRGIN each lost 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN has made itself the network of college bowl games, and December has as often as not seen […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, THE EQUALIZER, and the new ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that Nielsen listed WHEN CALLS THE HEART as a rerun, but it […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER had one of the biggest non-sports adjustments in memory, regaining all of the half-point it had appeared to lose from last week in the morning numbers and returning to 3.8.  Good for HIMYM, but a very odd series of events.  MIKE & MOLLY and MOM were also […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL aired on 3 networks, with CBS at 1.96, ABC at 1.12 and FOX at 0.92.  CW launched its new line-up of Saturday originals at 0.06/0.07.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.12 to 1.04. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS games were at […]