NBC of course won last night handily with the first NFL game of the season.  Usually scheduled on the Thursday after Labor Day, the NFL moved the game to Wednesday out of deference to President Obama who gives his acceptance speech in Charlotte tomorrow night.  Last night’s game (Dallas upsetting the Super Bowl champion New […]

NBC Monday inched up a tenth of a rating point from the last two weeks — a very solid night top to bottom.  CBS appears to have had a good night (the best Monday in three weeks), but that 2.8 rating is probably inflated by at least two tenths of a rating point because of […]

  A low night. 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). Ratings analysis follows the chart. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY, LEGACIES and SVU gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.8, down 0.6 from last week’s game.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.71, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS, 20/20 and the MAKING IT and DATELINE reruns lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.05 to 0.66, with the preceding clip show down 0.06 to 0.28.  Adult Swim’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR was steady at 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.28. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD slipped 0.02 to 0.64, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked down to 0.53, NCIS dropped 0.06 to 0.48, and NCIS: HAWAII held at 0.41. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked up […]

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). ###

  A low night. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]