NETWORK FINALS:  Both EMPIRE and LETHAL WEAPON gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CRIMINAL MINDS, BLINDSPOT and SVU.  Both CW reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TV […]

  It’s burn-off season at CBS, where back-to-back episodes of the canceled ME, MYSELF & I and LIVING BIBLICALLY aired at identical 0.2 ratings that won’t change anyone’s minds about their exits.  The rest of the ratings news was all sports, with NBC’s NASCAR race at 0.8, and FOX’s regional baseball coverage at 0.4. DEMOGRAPHIC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race adjusted up to 1.0 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of Starz’s OUTLANDER more than doubled its Season 1 finale (and also its series premiere), up an impressive two-tenths to 0.39.  Unusually, ESPN’s […]

  Pending final numbers, the AMERICAN IDOL finale slid past the season’s penultimate THE VOICE. 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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  ADJUSTED UPDATE:  An assortment of 0.1 adjustments, up for THE AMAZING RACE, down for THE GOOD WIFE, BELIEVE, AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS and DATELINE.  SATURDAY CABLE:  ORPHAN BLACK (BBCAmerica) was at 0.3 in its Season 2 debut.  That number doesn’t sound like much, but it roughly triples what the series was doing in most of […]

  Nothing on network television last night was able to do better than a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

>In the metered market overnights Monday, NBC won every half hour with the time period premiere of The Voice and the debut of Smash.   The Voice started at 8:00 with a 14 household share (How I Met Your Mother was second with a 10 share) and built to a 15 share at 8:30 (2 Broke […]