The STATE OF AFFAIRS is grave. 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 follow […]

  March Madness takes a toll on American Idol.   CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  The CBS numbers are adjusted fast nationals (ShowbuzzDaily estimates of what the live telecast will look like in the official nationals when the Pacific and Mountain time zones are properly counted).  The second prime time game at 9:30 was one of the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game led Tuesday cable at 1.87.  The sports motif continued with 0.80 for NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game.  Discovery had the top […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A double helping of COLLEGE FOOTBALL put ESPN firmly on top of Friday cable, with the primetime game at 0.96 and the late game at 0.58, and Fox […]

  A bit of a bump for Revolution, but not much more good news for the networks last night. CBS:  The upcoming season finale for HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER seems to be exciting no one, as the show hit a season low 2.6, while RULES OF ENGAGEMENT tied its season low 2.1.  In final […]

  The game show arrivals fared better than the sitcoms. 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). […]

Broadcast television quickly returned to normal the week ending Sunday night, the first full week after the Summer Olympics. FOX won the quiet week of August 13-19 with a preliminary 1.65 Adult 18-49 rating. Once again, the Gordon Ramsay reality shows paced FOX’s win, but the network was down 9% from the same week last […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.57.  CBS’s BELLATOR MMA was at 0.18.  NBC’s SNL was up 0.09 to 0.78.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.10.  CW’s WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS gained 0.02 to 0.08.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.82/0.52/0.49/0.35/0.32/0.26 on ESPN, and 0.13/0.13/0.11/0.08/0.03 […]