NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up by 1.3 to 7.4, while the pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE special went down after time zones were taken into account by 1.7 to 1.0.  THE TONY AWARDS avoided setting a record low by gaining 0.1 in final numbers to 1.0.  Elsewhere, GOLAN THE INSATIABLE conquered […]

  BIG BROTHER returned to the summer rotation. 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 […]

  ABC:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO followed a 0.9 SHARK TANK rerun with 1.0, up 0.2 from last week’s holiday weekend.  20/20 also benefited from the additional eyeballs watching TV, up 0.3 to 1.0. CW:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.3, and then after a 0.3 WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY rerun, THE MESSENGERS gained […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The US GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS and the rerun of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD returned from a 3-week break, and although it led Sunday scripted […]

  FOX’s new sitcoms held their own. 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 […]

  A big but not spectacular night for football and FOX.  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 […]

  It was the last Friday of the regular season, but the lights were already off. 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 […]

NBC Thursday premiered last night, landing in third place with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm.  A premiere night is often one of the highest rated nights of the year, especially when facing two networks in repeats like last night.  It’s not going to be a pretty season for NBC on this important […]