Saturday night’s grudge match between NCAA college football on ABC (Notre Dame at Oklahoma) ended up with a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49, actually beating Game 3 of the World Series on FOX (San Francisco at Detroit) at a 2.8 rating. Among all viewers (aged 2 or over), older-skewing baseball had the edge, however.  Game […]

  Note that MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL local preemptions may affect final ratings for NBC and ABC. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and both episodes of MARLON and the 10PM MODERN FAMILY rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of FX’s SNOWFALL dropped 0.05 to 0.39.  E!’s TOTAL BELLAS returned […]

  NOTE:  except where noted, all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, since almost everything was preempted last Friday. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES and THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD had another steady outing, up 0.02 to 1.73, with TALKING DEAD down 0.09 to 0.53.  On Showtime, SHAMELESS jumped 0.17 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.09 to 0.39, followed by a rerun WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY at 0.30 and an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.12. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.11 to 1.27.  The dramas aired for the first time since November 27, with EAST NEW YORK up 0.14 to 0.52, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun gained 0.1 and the CODE BLACK rerun lost the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THE BET AWARDS were aired across several Viacom networks, with the following results:  1.54 on BET (down 0.41 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As it did last week, RECKLESS lost 0.1 in final numbers, down to a woeful 0.6.  BIG BROTHER and WIPEOUT each gained 0.1. SUNDAY CABLE:  HBO’s TRUE BLOOD led the night with 1.7, up 0.1 from last week.  Considering the offbeat nature of THE LEFTOVERS, it held fairly well in its 2d […]