AMERICAN IDOL continued to fade, this time without Sunday’s excuse. 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 […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The changes from Monday’s overnights were all at NBC, which had the MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast boosting its preliminary numbers.  The new episode of SUPERSTORE lost 0.1 to 0.8, and TELENOVELA was down 0.2 to 0.6.  Both will need to show more signs of life in their official “premieres” next week.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.05 to 0.65, and 20/20 fell a tenth to 0.44. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.12 to 0.42, MAGNUM PI ticked down to 0.49, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.05 to 0.53. NBC:  After a rerun THAT’S MY JAM at 0.37, DATELINE was down 0.04 to 0.41. FOX:  WWE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MODERN FAMILY, CHICAGO PD and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The end of the line for A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY came with a handsome 0.17 bump to 0.50 (a “best of” clip show lead-in was […]

>CBS Monday was down week to week (from a 4.3 last week to a 4.0 last night) but still 10% ahead of the same night last year and #1 last night by a mile.   The other three networks were down from the same night last year, and remember that ABC’s 2.8 for the night will […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO FIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while NANCY DREW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 0.60/0.57.  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 gained 0.03 to 0.49.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK […]

  What do we know that we didn’t know last week? Here’s the big-picture view of where each network’s primetime average stands in comparison to 2012-13 after 3 full weeks of the season: NBC: 2.84 (+0.9%) CBS: 2.18 ( -4.6%) FOX: 2.13 (-5.9%) ABC: 2.06 (-0.3%) CW:  0.50 (-1.7%)  Note, CW didn’t begin premiering its […]

Monday fast nationals ratings: