AFTERNOON UPDATE:  PARKS & RECREATION has been badly in need of a boost, and airing behind COMMUNITY may have supplied it, as an extra 0.1 in final numbers gave it a 1.5, which may not look like much but is up 50% from its last airing.  It was the highest rated show on NBC […]

  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were a bit less melodic this year. 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). […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for NEW GIRL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was an exceptionally busy night of premieres, and the big winner was USA’s SHOOTER, which proved itself compatible with its WWE SMACKDOWN […]

Note: ABC numbers below inflated by local broadcast pre-emptions in Philadelphia on WPVI and Washington DC on WJLA for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which also aired nationally on ESPN). 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 (keeping it above its series low) and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Somewhat weirdly, the premiere of Syfy’s INCORPORATED rated higher on its USA simulcast (0.20) then on Syfy itself (0.15). Neither […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.09 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS fell a tenth to 0.40, THE CONNERS lost 0.08 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.03 to 0.35.  THE CHASE completed the down night by slipping 0.02 to 0.31. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT rose 0.13 to 0.74, THE […]

  A likely winner last night was on ESPN, the MLB HOME RUN DERBY.  Ratings for cable won’t be available until around 1 pm PT, but last year’s Derby hit a 2.7 rating with adults 18-49. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME has now diverged quite a bit from Stephen King’s original novel, not always to good effect, but the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Disney Channel’s DESCENDANTS 3 resoundingly took the Friday cable title with a 1.10 rating.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]