NETWORK UPDATE:  Both BACHELOR IN PARADISE and 20/20 climbed 0.1 in final network numbers. Below are the ratings in key demos for last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts.  If there are any lower-rated series you’d like included, please let us know.  Some comparisons and context follow below the chart. The PRETTY LITTLE LIARS […]

Thursday ratings for last night, last week and last year (using Wednesday from the same week last year as the relevant comparison, the night to which the NFL premiere game was relocated by the Democratic National Convention).  The NFL is off to a rousing start.  In the fast nationals, the game averaged a 10.0 rating, but that […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACKPACKERS adjusted down to a truly horrifying 0.1 rating, which would get it canceled on most cable networks. MONDAY CABLE:  An even bigger night than usual for VH1, where LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA and HIT THE FLOOR were both up 0.2, to 2.1 and 1.2 respectively.  (The former’s re-airing added another 0.8.)  […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]

NOTE: ABC, CBS and NBC ratings below inflated by local prime time pre-emptions for NFL Monday Night Football (nationally on ESPN): ABC (in Los Angeles), CBS (in Minneapolis) and NBC (in New Orleans). 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), […]

  Small increases and drops. 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 follows the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, football adjustments lowered the ratings for DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR, each by 0.1.  In addition, LUCIFER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped 0.38 from last […]

  Very little change from last week. 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 […]