A solid night for ABC’s sitcoms. 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). Ratings analysis and […]

  THE BACHELORETTE had a steady finale. 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 follows the chart. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 1.0 in final numbers.  In addition, FOX’s UFC coverage gained 0.1 and NBC’s DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s early evening COLLEGE BASKETBALL game (Kansas vs. Kentucky) topped Saturday cable at 1.02, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD continued its weekend reign, up 0.06 from last Saturday to 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s UFC PRELIMS were at 0.40.  ESPN’s telecast of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.29/0.33/0.25. CBS:  After a rerun at 0.56, the TONY AWARDS were at 0.46, down 0.11 from last year (the network claimed a small uptick in total viewers, but our numbers have it down about 100K). NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.21. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.17. CW:  Reruns at 0.03/0.03/0.03. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for STATION 19, GREY’S ANATOMY, YOUNG SHELDON, UNITED STATES OF AL, SVU, and LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME.  In addition, CLARICE fell to the next-lowest tenth after adjustment.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

Post-Sweeps malaise. NBC:  Cleveland must be feeling pretty good about its preemptions last night, as the 9-11PM regular network schedule averaged under a 1.0 rating, with 0.9s for a new 1600 PENN and rerun SVU, and a 1.0 for an OFFICE rerun.  COMMUNITY held even at 1.1 at 8PM, followed by 0.9 for a PARKS […]

  Note:  SHOWBUZZDAILY has adjusted the Sunday ratings below to estimate final nationals when west coast viewing of live events (NFL) is re-tallied, specifically for NBC and CBS (the latter had both a 44-minute overrun leading into its primetime schedule and San Diego local coverage of the unusual late-night–on the east coast–game).  Final same-day numbers […]