BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.18/0.18/0.16/0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.79, and THE CHALLENGE gained 0.04 to 0.42.  A SWAT rerun was at 0.20. NBC:  An off-night AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was at 0.54, and PASSWORD was at 0.46, down 0.02 from Tuesday’s premiere.  A CHICAGO PD rerun was at 0.25. FOX:  MASTERCHEF […]

NBC cruised to a commanding 4.0 rating with adults 18-49 last night, thanks to an extra hour of The Voice and a benching of the comedies.  CBS finished in second place with a 2.6 rating, where the network seems to have settled on Tuesday nights.  FOX and ABC continue their Tuesday collapses, however, averaging under a 2 […]

  TUESDAY UPDATE:  With the Masters overrun removed, 60 MINUTES fell 0.2 from early numbers.  The rest of the adjustments were upward by 0.1:  ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION on ABC, THE AMAZING RACE and THE MENTALIST on CBS, and THE SIMPSONS and COSMOS on FOX. SUNDAY CABLE:  The Purple Wedding episode of GAME […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA telecast gained 0.3 in final numbers, and NBC’s SNL rerun was up 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL ruled Saturday cable, with ESPN games taking 4 of the top 6 slots at 0.61/0.48/0.47/0.46 (plus a COLLEGE GAMEDAY report at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have more accurate numbers, here’s how last night’s (non-CW) broadcast shows fared: ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE up 0.02 to 1.4, THE PROPOSAL steady at 0.7. CBS:  SALVATION down 0.1 to 0.3, preceded by reruns at 0.4-0.6. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR up 0.3 to 1.0, followed by a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.1 on Thanksgiving night.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The pickings were slim on Thanksgiving cable for original proramming.  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led at 0.73.  Hallmark’s holiday movie THE MISTLETOE INN was at […]

  As was the case last Thursday, NFL PRESEASON coverage is likely to lead to widespread adjustments from the preliminary ratings, so we’ll hold our analysis until finals this afternoon. 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 […]

  Some veterans looked a bit shaky last night. 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 […]