ROSEANNE wasn’t the only show facing a down arrow. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: […]

  Megyn Kelly’s much-hyped NBC debut was muted. 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 […]

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). ###

  HBO:  Another wacko episode of TRUE BLOOD (Lilith!) topped the night in cable (and beat everything on broadcast TV except the Bachelorette finale/epilogue) with a 2.6 (a splendid 75% of the viewers under 50), down just slightly from last week.  And as much as THE NEWSROOM seems to infuriate at least half the people […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  There were no changes to the preliminary ratings for THE ESPYS or SALVATION.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC topped Wednesday cable at 0.52, down 0.03 from last […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday:

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, aided by an NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, jumped two-tenths to 0.72.  A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL dipped 0.03 to 0.70. CBS:  60 MINUTES fell 0.36 from last week’s Masters-boosted score to 0.55.  THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.56, NCIS: LA rose 0.13 to 0.57, and SWAT was up 0.04 […]