BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP gained 0.03 from Tuesday to 0.52.  The season finale episodes of THE CHASE were at 0.37/0.31 compared to last week’s 0.34/0.27. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION dropped 0.06 to 0.54, and THE AMAZING RACE was down 0.08 to 0.47.  An NCIS rerun followed at 0.23. NBC:  The WINTER […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Most of the broadcast networks aired reruns on Thanksgiving.  NBC of course had the primetime NFL game, which at 7.08 was 1.42 higher than last year’s game.  FOX, though, took the honors with the afternoon game at a massive 12.46, and not wanting to waste that lead-in, the network aired episodes of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we noted on the Sunday cable post, officially the runs of THE ALIENIST on TNT and TBS were “sneak peeks,” but they were listed by Nielsen as […]

  Hockey beat two returning summer veterans. 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 comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS was simulcast across the Viacom spectrum, with ratings of 0.21 on MTV (down an ugly 0.26 from 2018), 0.20 on […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS only adjusted up to 3.8 in final numbers, a hefty 0.7 below last year’s result.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.1, the strongest game in several weeks.  Elsewhere, with the night’s football overrun removed, 60 MINUTES slid 0.7 and MADAM SECRETARY fell 0.2, wihle THE SIMPSONS and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME […]

  ABC’s lesson for the night is that lead-ins matter. 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). […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  No changes from this morning, as MOTIVE and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE retained their increases from last week. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) was the highest-rated cable show of the night, but it was down a further 0.3 to 1.5 after last week’s tumble from the previous season’s premiere.  It […]