NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, but FOX’s baseball game lost the same.  Local preseason NFL preemptions may have caused some of the other shifts:  on ABC, the SHARK TANK rerun and 20/20 each lost 0.2, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO was down 0.3; on CBS, the reruns of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE 100 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE stayed at the top of Wednesday cable, down 0.08 to 0.47.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.38/0.63/4.1M, with MSNBC’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and DATELINE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was firmly in charge of Friday cable at 1.98.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON […]

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). ###

>Super Tuesday was anything but for the broadcast networks last night.  Each broadcast network was down significantly from the same night last year (worst hit was FOX at 8 pm — a 5.9 rating for a Glee original episode was replaced by two original comedy episodes that rated a 2.1 and 1.6).  Worse, the Super […]

  MARLON wound up a sturdy summer run. 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 […]

  Carol Burnett’s fans turned out in droves. 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 […]

  The WORLD SERIES didn’t disrupt a generally solid night for the networks. 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 […]