NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 4.8, and ABC’s NBA game to 0.8.  In addition, the rerun of THE RESIDENT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s piece of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage accounted for half […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and CHICAGO MED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ALMOST FAMILY and SINGLE PARENTS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The MLB WILD CARD game was again at the top of cable, this time on […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  Both NBC and CW had baseball preemptions in some key markets, and suffered for it in final numbers:  CAUGHT ON CAMERA and GRIMM were each down 0.1, and so were THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and THE ORIGINALS–the latter two particularly ugly post-adjustment at 0.3s.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  Another unhappy night for network TV. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 9.1, up 0.7 from the final number for the 2016 premiere game.  THE ORVILLE’s premiere adjusted up 0.4 to 2.7, but there’s an asterisk because Nielsen counted two plays on the west coast, one simulcast with the east after football, and the other at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Football adjustment took DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.1, but THE GOOD DOCTOR was untouched.  Elsewhere, KEVIN CAN WAIT, THE VOICE and THE GIFTED gained 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but LIFE IN PIECES dropped 0.1.  After adjustment for the football preemption in NY, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were each down 0.1, and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER fell 0.2 to a horrific 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated […]

  The return of BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS wasn’t an event. 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). […]