A bad night for ABC. 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 the […]

  The State of the Union night that wasn’t. 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 […]

  The absence of the NFL Draft didn’t help all that much. FOX:  The losses keep accumulating for AMERICAN IDOL, which last night had its lowest-ever regular episode at 2.5, down 0.3 from last week, and equal to the season low for a Thursday X Factor.  Incredibly, the show that spent a decade as a […]

  The preliminary ratings for Night 3 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION inched up to 0.3-0.4, a different dynamic than the 2016 edition, which dropped significantly on its 3rd night (although this year’s numbers are still much lower than 4 years ago). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both ROOKIE BLUE and GANG RELATED gained 0.1 in final numbers, putting ROOKIE above lsat season’s finale (although still 0.1 below last season’s premiere). THURSDAY CABLE:  As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, the 2:30PM and 5:30PM matches on ESPN were the day’s highest rated cable telecasts at 1.3.  PAWN STARS (History) […]

  EMPIRE breathed a small sigh of relief. 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 […]

  2 hours of THE VOICE was all network TV could muster for excitement last night. 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 Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific. Also, * denotes normal release time.) Wednesday July 3 nationals available Monday Jul 8 afternoon Thursday […]