BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led primetime at 0.53, although it was outrated by FOX’s afternoon game at 1.12, ABC’s own afternoon game at 0.87, and by NBC’s new SNL episode at 0.88.  NBC’s primetime BREEDERS CUP coverage was at 0.14.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY and EVIL each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8, up 0.4 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game led Thursday cable at 0.88.  NFL Network’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOOD WIFE series finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, but ONCE UPON A TIME and THE CARMICHAEL SHOW fell 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO continues to ride high with GAME OF THRONES, up 0.03 to 3.70.  As to […]

Partial ratings are in for last night’s Super Bowl (the household rating from the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters, covering 70% of the country).  Excluding the 8:45-9:15 pm half hour, most of which was the truly embarrassing Superdome blackout, the game averaged a 48.1 household rating in the metered markets, edging the previous record […]

  The turkey was barely cold before Christmas season arrived on 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 […]

  Not everything STAR WARS-related is a blockbuster. 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 follows the […]

  Small shifts. 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 follow the chart. […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]