NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and the pre-game primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE fell correspondingly to 0.9.  In addition, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The hand-wringing about all the terrible things that happen on GAME OF THRONES certainly isn’t hurting the ratings, as its season finale was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up by 0.2 to a final 1.7.  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage stayed at 0.5.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday night cable winner isn’t actually on the chart below, because Adult Swim’s DRAGON BALL Z is technically a rerun, although the current versions of the episodes haven’t been shown in […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The WOMENS WORLD CUP match adjusted up by 0.1 to 1.6 in final numbers.  WHAT WOULD YOU DO also received a 0.1 bump, as did the rerun of BLUE BLOODS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE took the night’s top cable slot, down 0.02 from last week to 0.95.  Lead-out CATCHING MONSTERS […]

The NBA FINALS towered over the rest like–well, like an NBA player over the masses. 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 […]

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). ###

The night belonged to the WOMENS WORLD CUP. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and correspondingly the lead-in JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shrank to 1.4.  Elsewhere, the BONES season finale gained 0.1, as did all the CBS sitcom reruns. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s WWE coverage took the cable night with 0.73, up 0.14 from last week.  That didn’t help the […]

Like the dinosaurs rampaging at multiplexes this weekend, basketball devoured everything in its path. 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 […]