Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  ABC wins the week, thanks mostly to the Billboard Music Awards, which is up 30% over the 2012 version, making up for declines on the rest of the schedule.  With the finale of American Idol, FOX is […]

  NOTE:  Due to last week’s Presidential Address, comparisons are to the most recent original episodes. 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 […]

  Last Sunday’s excuse for low ratings was Easter; last night’s will preaumably be the WALKING DEAD season finale. 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 […]

  NBC is ending summer with a bang. 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 […]

  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS and THE AMAZING RACE were the latest TV staples to plunge. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.11 to 0.63, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.38, NCIS slipped 0.03 to 0.41, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to 0.33. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.64, and […]

  Farewell to MIDNIGHT, TEXAS. 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. […]

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). NOTE: The NFL Kickoff Game on NBC should go up from a […]