NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.63, compared to 4.9 for last week’s game.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (up to at least the next tenth) for 60 MINUTES, NCIS: LA, WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, CALL ME KAT, THE GREAT NORTH and THE SIMPSONS.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS now posted.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another holiday week night dominated by sports.  ESPN’s trio of COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were led by the 1.17 Stanford vs. TCU game and the 1.04 Virgina Tech vs. Oklahoma State […]

  Ratings in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports occupied the top 7 slots on Saturday cable, mostly various pieces of ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage, which ranged from 0.61-1.52, interrupted by TBS’s airing of the AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS at 1.05.  After […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s PRESEASON NFL game adjusted down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, local preemptions brought everything else down (except the rerun of FRESH OFF THE BOAT), with 0.1 drops for the rest of ABC and all of NBC.  FOX’s BIG3 BASKETBALL lost 0.3, and the CW line-up was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final numbers, pushing it into a tie with SURVIVOR.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.84/0.60.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY rose 0.12 to 0.61, and REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

  Monday’s shows are settling at their VOICE-hiatus levels. 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 […]

  MADOFF didn’t cash in. 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 follow the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up a tenth to 0.58, with the pre-show hour up 0.08 to 0.33.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.57/0.42.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH […]