NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG and the rerun MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.60/0.84/2.8M, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.52/0.81/4.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

So much for an Olympic after-glow.  After 17 nights of near double-digit young adult ratings, NBC averaged a 1.8 Adult 18-49 rating last night.  After significant on-air promotion during the London Olympics, the two-hour premiere of Stars Earn Stripes sputtered to a 1.7 rating from 8-10 pm, while the season premiere of Grimm scored a 2.0 rating.  Stars Earn […]

  The Friday before Olympics hiatus was a quiet one.. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.06 to 0.50, THE GOLDBERGS slipped 0.02 to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.05 to 0.50, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.41.  BIG SKY was down 0.04 to 0.27. CBS:  SURVIVOR fell 0.14 to 0.62, and THE AMAZING RACE (relocated to 9PM) was up 0.06 to 0.36.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL opener adjusted to 6.7, down 0.4 from 2019’s final number.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and the HOLEY MOLEY season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game topped Thursday cable at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, NFL simulcast adjustments lowered ABC’s ratings, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT by 0.1 and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW by 0.2.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was far above everything else on Monday cable, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The horsemen of the Apocalypse continued to ride, as TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER kept its Wednesday cable throne, down 0.04 to 0.59.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW gained […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On a season finale night, THE ROOKIE was at 0.51 (up 0.14 from last week and up 0.15 from last season’s finale), THE ROOKIE: FEDS was at 0.32 (up 0.08), and WILL TRENT was at 0.27 (up 0.07).  CBS:  Reruns at 0.29/0.25/0.22. NBC:  NIGHT COURT lost 0.05 to 0.34, LOPEZ VS […]