AMERICAN IDOL continued to fade, this time without Sunday’s excuse. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.2, and FOX’s game held at 0.9.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was the story on Saturday cable, too, with ESPN’s games occupying 4 of the Top 7 slots at 1.12/0.67/0.55/0.38, Fox […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The US OPEN adjusted up by 0.2 to 1.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS received a 0.1 bump. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE grew impressively during the course of its first season, and it picked up almost where it had left off, with a 1.42 rating compared […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.9 in final numbers, far below last week’s 8.7.  For whatever it’s worth, BLOOD & OIL gained 0.1.  Everything on CBS was adjusted by 0.1:  down for 60 MINUTES and CSI: CYBER, up for MADAM SECRETARY and THE GOOD WIFE.  On FOX, the football-inflated GRINDER rerun […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT and REIGN both fell 0.1 in final numbers, putting REIGN at a particularly ugly 0.2.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT held the night’s reins with its pair of NBA PLAYOFFS games, Golden State vs. Portland at 2.56 and Toronto vs. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the STAND UP TO CANCER special aired without commercials, Nielsen didn’t include it in final numbers.  Beyond that, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s QUARRY premiered at a lackluster 0.06.  The […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  Adjustments were mostly in the networks’s favor, as THE MIDDLE, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT all gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS, THE FLASH and THE VOICE.  But poor NO TOMORROW sank 0.1 to 0.2, and even by CW standards that’s just terrible.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The post-NFL adjustment gods were kind to CBS, where 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 to 2.7, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY went up 0.3 to 1.9; in addition, the NCIS: LA rerun gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.3, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  On ABC, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD […]