BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07/0.06.  Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.71.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS led […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE:  Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,869,000 last year, 5,366,000 in 2012, 4,927,000 in 2011, 4,134,000 in 2010, 4,290,00 in 2009, and 2,529,00 in 2008.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Sandwiched by reruns at 0.34/0.25/0.07, Disney/ABC aired a promo run of the Disney+ ANDOR series at 0.17. CBS:  SURVIVOR dipped 0.04 to 0.66, and THE AMAZING RACE was down 0.04 to 0.38, followed by a rerun at 0.20. NBC:  A COUNTDOWN TO THE MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE special was at 0.42, followed […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in final numbers, as GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER all climbed an extra 0.1.  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, again significantly higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Aside from sports, Christmas Night was a festival of reruns. ABC:  The broadcaster aired 3 of the holiday’s 5 games at 1.49/1.07/0.52. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.20, up 0.27 from last week’s game.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN aired all of the NBA quintuple-header […]

  ABC’s Sunday started to tumble last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Sunday, 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked up to 0.56, and THE PARENT TEST was down 0.03 to 0.32.  A JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.32/0.24/0.24. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER franchise included the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, SVU up 0.05 to 0.67, and ORGANIZED CRIME up […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  The broadcast presentation of the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS on CBS was at 0.16.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned at 0.71.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.32.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.03.   Broadcast Official […]