NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM INSTINCT episode lost 0.1 in final numbers. FOX’s PRESEASON NFL game adjusted to 1.4, and the LAST MAN STANDING reruns that preceded it in some time zones dropped 0.2/0.4.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

  For the most part, Labor Day brought the networks some modest increases. ABC:  MISTRESSES may be gaining some momentum at the right time, as its 2d try at 9PM (and penultimate episode of the summer) increased a healthy 0.3 to 1.3.   CBS:  The Time Warner Cable/CBS settlement (just in time for the start […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 24 HOURS TO HELL & BACK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s news was led by Fox News’s 5PM hour at 0.54/0.80/4.7M, with the same hour on CNN at 0.48/0.65/2.8M, and MSNBC’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 2.1, and the CHICAGO MED rerun adjusted down to 0.7.  Elsewhere, THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MSNBC portion of the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: SHARK TANK dropped 0.07 to 0.48, and 20/20 fell 0.22 to 0.27. CBS:  The primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.77/1.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST returned from a week off down 0.08 to 0.23, and DATELINE was up 0.08 to 0.35. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked up to 0.58. CW:  CHARMED gained 0.02 […]

  Valentine’s Day was slow even for the WINTER OLYMPICS. 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 […]

  A quiet night, with most movement in the wrong direction. 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 […]