NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 boost to the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Golden State/Houston NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN towered over the rest of broadcast and cable at 3.41.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.28-1.14, down roughly a tenth from last week.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was up 0.06 to 1.08, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY dropped 0.06 to 0.37, THE CHASE rose 0.06 to 0.35, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was down 0.03 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week,, FBI gained 0.04 to 0.59, FBI: INTERNATIONAL edged up 0.02 to 0.51, and FBI: MOST WANTED was steady at 0.47. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK […]

  Numbers continued to generally subside. 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 comparisons […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  9-1-1 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.44 from last week’s game to 3.89.  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 0.99 (Dodgers vs. Nationals)/0.58 (Braves vs. Cardinals), Fox Sports 1’s […]

  A soft night all around. 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 follows the […]

  And after 9 hours of delay, we have… ratings!  Which look pretty much as expected, despite the new Nielsen methodology.  Of course, with a night of reruns and faded specials on almost every network, it’s not clear if we’d recognize a change even if one was there.  Next week will be much more telling. DEMOGRAPHIC […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.22/0.19/0.20. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.07 to 0.40, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to 0.57.  Reruns followed at 0.32/0.26. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was up 0.02 to 0.41. CW:  STARGIRL ticked up to 0.08, followed […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.30/0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.17/0.15/0.14. NBC:  US OPEN coverage at 1.06 was followed by a rerun at 0.34. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.14. CW:  Reruns at 0.02/0.05/0.05/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Movies at 0.13/0.16. UNIVISION:  A CONCACAF match at 0.62.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s […]