BROADCAST FINALS:  Due to the combination of holidays, football and specials, the English-language networks hadn’t aired their regular Sunday line-ups in several months, so we won’t be including weekly comparisons here. ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.43, the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.61, down 0.32 from the February 2022 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable day and cable news were led by CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/3M, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL dropped 0.06 to 0.62, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was steady at 0.39. CBS:  Returning from a 2-week break, THE NEIGHBORHOOD dipped 0.04 to 0.59, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.08 to 0.44, NCIS fell 0.11 to 0.43, and NCIS: HAWAII was down a tenth to 0.39. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Note that 20/20 is missing from the final nationals because it aired a special broadcast about the Paris attacks that didn’t include any commercials, and thus wasn’t covered by Nielsen.  (The same wasn’t true of the night’s DATELINE.)  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE and WORLD’S FUNNIEST each lost 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK returned from a week off steady at 0.55.  20/20 jumped 0.33 to 0.49. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.05 to 0.36, MAGNUM PI rose 0.06 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.46. NBC:  PARALYMPICS coverage was at 0.19, and DATELINE fell a tenth to 0.27.  A rerun […]

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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.51, and 20/20 was up 0.04 to 0.36. CBS:  SWAT rose 0.05 to 0.43, FIRE COUNTRY had a promising Week 2 0.08 bump to 0.48, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.02 to 0.43. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL ticked down to 0.20, and DATELINE also lost a tick […]

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).  Note: CBS 8:30 and 9:00 pm titles now correct.   COMPARISONS TO […]