NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, probably due to sports preemptions, the CW line-up was down across the board, by 0.2 at 8PM and by 0.1/0.1 at 8:30PM and 9PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon coverage […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL exhibition game preemptions, comparisons are to last week’s final Saturday ratings, rather than preliminary Sunday morning numbers.  NBC:  the GYMNASTICS special adjusted to 0.5, and HANNIBAL was steady at 0.3.  CBS:  PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage pushed the primetime line-up by half an hour, and all the night’s reruns were down 0.2, to 0.3/0.5/0.6.  ABC:  the […]

  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 […]

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 […]

  A quiet night on the networks. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was easily the highest rated show of the night, but its 2.2 was its lowest rated Tuesday airing ever, down 0.2 from last week and 0.3 from the parallel night last year. FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE slipped 0.1 to 1.2. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 10.5.  In addition, BOB’S BURGERS adjusted to 2.1 and BLESS THE HARTS to 1.0.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s THE OUTSIDER premiered at an OK 0.18/0.15.  By comparison, WATCHMEN launched at 0.25. Starz’s […]

No one watches TV on Labor Day. NBC:  The post-Olympics scheduling experiment reached its nadir, as STARS EARN STRIPES hit a new low 0.9 in its finale, and GRIMM‘s 1.4 was down 0.2 from last week and just even with its numbers on low-rated Friday last season.  (The network also aired some notably confusing promos […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News led Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.44/0.68/4.5M, CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.24/0.36/1.7M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.23/0.37/2.9M.  OWN’s GREENLEAF jumped […]