NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NFL overrun, CBS’s numbers jumped all over the place, with 60 MINUTES up 0.02 to 3.4, NCIS: LA down 0.03 to 1.6, MADAM SECRETARY down 0.1 to 1.0, and ELEMENTARY steady at 0.7.  In addition, NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ended up at 7.7, up 1.1 from last […]

  A fairly typical Friday. 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 follows the chart. CBS:  MACGYVER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 in final numbers, and 20/20: IN AN INSTANT lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports dominated Saturday cable, with ESPN’s TOP RANK BOXING at the top, scoring 1.14 for the main event hour […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 5 adjusted to 5.3, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8.  Elsewhere, 60 MINUTES fell 0.3 to 1.2, and WISDOM OF THE CROWD dropped 0.1 to 0.7.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart           CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for THE VOICE and IZOMBIE in final numbers, while GOOD GIRLS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.19/1.16/1.12, compared to last week’s 1.13/1.13/1.02.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  We don’t have final network charts yet, but here were the adjustments from this morning’s prelims:  ROSEANNE was even 0.1 bigger than its massive early number, and THE VOICE and THE MICK also gained 0.1, while SPLITTING UP TOGETHER and BULL lost the same.         Broadcast […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF in final numbers, as well as for the reruns of BLACKISH and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR.  BULLSEYE, though, lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  DUCK DYNASTY led Wednesday cable with a 0.87 season premiere, followed by 0.43/0.40 for the 2-episode premiere of COUNTRY BUCKS.  After a 0.61 lead-in from […]

        NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will continue to be posted as usual, but due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival, for the next week all text and responses to comments/requests will be delayed, potentially for a day or more.  Things will be back to normal on Monday, September 18.   […]