Note: The numbers below, mostly live sports and news, do not reflect viewing of those programs in the Pacific Time Zone. Come back Tuesday morning for precise program ratings for Saturday broadcast and cable. 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 […]

Nobody is earning any stripes at NBC. NBC:  STARS EARN STRIPES is now a full-fledged disaster, falling to 0.9 in its 3rd week.  GRIMM fell a bit as well to 1.6 against reruns, which isn’t much better than the show had been doing when it aired against original competition on low-rated Fridays. FOX:  The network’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The 8PM SHARK TANK  rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the ELEMENTARY rerun lost the same. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports occupied half the slots in Friday’s cable Top 10.  COLLEGE FOOTBALL took the lead with ESPN’s double feature of games at 0.77/0.64.  An episode of SPORTSCENTER occupied #6 at 0.39, a Univision […]

  Things didn’t get much better for AMERICAN IDOL on its second 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 […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.03 to 0.69, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.04 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD held at 0.62, and I HEART ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.53.  NCIS dropped 0.08 to 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII (which just received a backorder) was down 0.06 to 0.42. NBC:  THE […]

                NETWORK FINALS:  All stayed as-is from this morning’s preliminary numbers.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The delayed Monday cable numbers offered few surprises.  As usual, VH1 and USA battled at the top of the chart. On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.2 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage […]