FOX:  UTOPIA fell again, down 0.2 from its Tuesday rating to 0.7, and only managing to tie a rerun on NBC for 2d place in its hour.  Once regular season competition arrives in 10 days, it seems unlikely that FOX will be able to devote 2 primetime hours to such a low-rated series every […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC:  A run of TOY STORY OF TERROR at 0.41 was followed by the movie TOY STORY 4 at 0.35, and a rerun WONDER YEARS at 0.17. CBS:  All the sitcoms were up:  YOUNG SHELDON by 0.08 to 0.71, UNITED STATES OF AL by 0.09 to 0.53, GHOSTS by 0.04 to 0.57, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  All of NBC’s line-up fell in final numbers, THE NIGHT SHIFT by 0.2 and both the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT recap show and new hour by 0.1.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, while the reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS, BLACK-ISH, THE MIDDLE and the 10PM MODERN FAMILY declined 0.1.     […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NFL FOOTBALL on NBC adjusted to a lower-than-expected 10.2, a hair under last year’s opening game.  Not that it matters much except in terms of percentages, but THE QUEST improved by 0.2 in final numbers to a still-terrible 0.5. Below are the ratings in key demos for Thursday’s Top 25 cable telecasts, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.5, down 0.1 from last week.  Elsewhere, GOTHAM and SUPERNATURAL gained 0.1 in finals, while ARROW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Every show in Thursday’s cable Top 10 was sports related.  NFL […]

  The top rating of the night was 0.6. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, CBS looked a lot worse once its football preemptions were removed from final numbers.  Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held its 4.5, MOM fell 0.2 to 2.6, 2 1/2 MEN slipped 0.1 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS lost 0.2 to 1.4, and ELEMENTARY dropped 0.2 to a dangerously low 1.0.  In addition, […]

  A solid night for FOX. 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 […]