NETWORK FINALS:  The ABC line-up suffered in final numbers, with 500 QUESTIONS down 0.1 and both FRESH OFF THE BOAT reruns down 0.2.  The NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and THE FLASH reruns also lost 0.1.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, on the other hand, went up 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  Disney/ABC accomplished its corporate goal. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BATTLEBOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BEAUTY & THE BEAST rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cartoon Network’s STEVEN UNIVERSE topped all of cable on Thursday at 0.56 despite a 7PM airtime, with 6PM show TEEN TITANS […]

    Ratings in key demosfor the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): 7 of the day’s top 13 spots went to COLLEGE FOOTBALL on ESPN, Fox Sports 1 and ESPN2, with ESPN’s 10PM (eastern) game topping the night at 0.94.  HBO’s WCB boxing was at 0.58/0.52/0.36, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no significant adjustments to the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.54, with the network’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.30/0.27/0.23/0.21.  Lifetime’s SALT-N-PEPA movie was at 0.45, with lead-out specials at […]

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week  ending Sunday (December 16-23, 2012), NBC is back in first place with a 2.48 rating in prime time, a very good rating for the third week of December.  Two and a half hours of The Voice (4.2 rating on Monday and 4.9 for the finale on Tuesday) and Sunday Night Football game (a […]

  Most of the networks side-stepped the NCAA Championship Game. 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 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     NOTE:  At this time, we have no Wednesday cable ratings below the Top 150 on the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had a solid grasp on Wednesday cable with its COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games at 0.69/0.64/0.40.  History’s VIKINGS […]