Last night the regular CBS Thursday schedule tied its season high (premiere night) with a 3.4 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm.  Last night is also up over the same night last year (2.8) and up over the season average last year at this point (3.2).  In contrast ABC and FOX […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY only gained back 0.1 of the giant 0.8 it had tumbled this morning, while THE MILLERS lost the corresponding 0.1.  All of ABC’s shows went up, GREY’S ANATOMY by 0.2 and BLACK BOX (and the 8PM GREY’S rerun) by 0.1.  THURSDAY CABLE:  As expected, the NFL DRAFT dominated […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  The reruns of THE MIDDLE and the IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the 8PM SVU rerun.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had 4 of cable’s Top 6 cable slots at 1.49 (Texas A&M vs […]

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week).  The NFL Sunday Night Football game on NBC is a preliminary 8.0 adult 18-49 rating but that should rise to about a 9.4 in the official nationals when the time zones are adjusted for the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A couple of notes:  because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers.  Also, it appears that FOX didn’t air national analysis after the Debate, and the number we had for that this morning was the combination of ratings from local affiliates. […]

  THE X-FILES gave FOX a Monday. 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). FOX:  Although THE X-FILES lost […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ABC FALL PREVIEW special fell 0.1 in final numbers, and the COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 1.3.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1.  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.1 to 0.8.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NO TOMORROW dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.12 to take Wednesday cable honors at 0.87, with HUNTING HITLER up […]