Note that ABC & CBS preliminary ratings are particularly subject to afternoon adjustment because of local MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions. 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) […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE, THE VOICE, the WEAKEST LINK rerun and FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.05 to 0.57, with the lead-out hour down 0.04 to 0.24.  Cable news was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:   THE BACHELOR ticked down to 0.65.  In what turned out to be the final straw for PROMISED LAND, which will be yanked to Hulu after next week, the series dropped 0.03 to 0.15. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.53, and BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION ticked down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.19/1.14/1.14, compared to last week’s 1.19/1.16/1.12.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 1.11/1.01 compared to 0.89/0.84.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  All of the networks saw bumps in their DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage:  NBC and CBS each by 0.2 (to 0.9/0.6 respectively), and ABC by 0.1 (to 0.8).  In addition, BIG BROTHER, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the 8PM GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH reruns gained 0.1, while AMERICAN GOTHIC, THE NIGHT SHIFT and […]

  The CW sesaon was slow out of the gate. 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 FINALS:  Because of the many sports preemptions on Thursday  night, our full broadcast network analysis is below. ABC:  The season finale of BOY BAND was up 0.1 to 0.6, but both BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS and the rerun of THE GONG SHOW were down 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  BIG […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO persists in labeling its theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is at the top of Saturday’s cable list, although that 0.75 […]