NETWORK FINALS: Sports adjustments put the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP on CBS at 0.5, the NHL game on NBC at 0.3, and PBC Boxing on FOX at 0.2. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Sports was firmly in control of Saturday cable. There were NBA […]
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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Both THE SIMPSONS and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE gained 0.1 in final numbers. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.3 to 6.5. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE WALKING DEAD (AMC), of course, led Sunday cable, although it lost 0.61 from […]
Don’t get too excited by those preliminary NBC numbers. 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 […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.42/0.24/0.21/0.18. CBS: The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS were at 0.45, up 0.04 from last year’s edition. THE GIFT followed at 0.21. NBC: THE WHEEL was down 0.02 from last Wednesday to 0.26, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.23. FOX: A COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game at 0.93. CW: Reruns at 0.06/0.07/0.08. TELEMUNDO: […]
NETWORK FINALS: The 2 hours of DATELINE dropped 0.1/0.2 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TBS ruled Saturday cable (and broadcast) with its NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage, led by its 2.93 for the Purdue vs. Virginia game, and an 11:45PM post-game […]
The broadcast network elevator continued to go down. 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 […]
Thursday night with comparisons: