NOTE: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates from 8-11 pm Eastern/ Pacific or 7-10 pm Central/ Mountain. The broadcast network schedules were interrupted by network special reports or pre-empted entirely for local news coverage last night, especially in the largest U.S. markets. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.19 to 0.61, AMERICAN IDOL climbed 0.12 to 0.73, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was up 0.03 to 0.29. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.05 to 0.50, THE EQUALIZER ascended 0.12 to 0.47, EAST NEW YORK was up 0.12 to 0.38, and NCIS: LA jumped 0.19 to […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We had waited for post-adjustment numbers to take a look at last night’s network ratings, so we’ll do that now. ABC:  the season finale of BATTLEBOTS fell 0.2 from last week to 0.6, and a MATCH GAME rerun followed at 0.4.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.3 to 1.6.  NBC, FOX […]

  NBC lost some stamina last night. 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 […]

  NBC continued to own summer Tuesdays. 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 […]

  On a night when ESPN aired a major event, the broadcast networks were subdued. 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 […]

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).  

  A deadly night of reruns for the most part. CBS:  The highest rated show of the night was SURVIVOR, and even it was down 0.2 from last week to 2.2.  It was followed by reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS (1.4) and CSI (1.2). FOX:  The absence of new competition on most of the networks didn’t […]