The ratings trial of PROVEN INNOCENT didn’t begin well. 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). […]

  Even the NBA PLAYOFFS didn’t make much impact. 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There were the usual 0.1 bumps (for THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY on ABC, and for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS on CBS), and dips (CSI). but the more interesting point is what didn’t go up.  There was no afternoon joy for AMERICAN IDOL, setting things up for a potential record-breaking low […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s TRACK & FIELD coverage was at 0.25.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.31.  Univision’s LIGA matches were at 0.21/0.27.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN2, FORMULA 1 was at 0.22.  Fox Desportes’s SOCCER CHAMPIONS TOUR was at 0.20, and a LIGA match was at 0.09.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA FINALS adjusted to 9.0, up 1.4 from 2016’s Game 5.  In addition, the rerun of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the SCORPION rerun lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 topped Monday […]

It’s awfully early in the season for such a lousy night. NBC:  The network was in a big hurry yesterday to announce full-season orders for GO ON and THE NEW NORMAL, and both shows responded by hitting new lows (the spin will be that they followed an unusually low clip show version of The Voice, […]

  As its scandal fades, some viewers may be departing Big Brother. CBS:  After the all-publicity-is-good-publicity rise that BIG BROTHER got from widespread media attention to the horrifically bigoted remarks of some of its participants, the spotlight has gotten dimmer, and perhaps as a consequence, last night’s episode was down 0.3 from last week to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.7, up a full point from last week’s game.  In addition, after football adjustment, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.3 and GOD FRIENDED ME was down 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another new […]