NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for  NCIS, THE VOICE and THIS IS US, while LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME and BLACK-ISH lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA regular season has begun, and it gave […]

  For anyone who missed this morning’s introduction:  below are last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, which in this case gets us all the way to the 159th-most watched show on cable Monday night, because of the avalanche of reruns that clog the full list.  The demographic categories below should be self-explanatory, and the green and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Every show in Saturday cable’s Top 10 was sports-related.  Fox Sports 1’s NLCS Game 7 led at 1.82.  ESPN’s NBA game was at 1.48.  The same network’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday January 26, 2017 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  FOX’s Monday is heading in the wrong direction. 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 […]

  The CMA AWARDS rebounded, to an extent. 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 […]

        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 UPDATE:   The NFL Kickoff Game (Steelers vs Patriots on NBC) did not lift as much as we thought from the fast nationals to the official nationals (from 8.8 to 10.3), but the ratings were very good, as we expect from the NFL.  The 27,398,000 viewer 2+ number last night is above […]