A pair of veterans returned low. 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 World Series continued to have little effect on the competition, although that might change on Wednesday. CBS:  Once adjustments are made to remove local coverage of last night’s football game, the line-up should be just about where it was last week.  With the successful transition to Ashton Kutcher on 2 1/2 MEN and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  A full boat of NFL PRESEASON-fueled adjustments.  On ABC, the A MILLION LITTLE THINGS reruns dropped 0.1-0.3 in final numbers.  On CBS, the procedural reruns fell 0.3-0.4, and 48 HOURS was down 0.3.  On NBC, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE lost 0.1.  Both reruns on FOX dropped […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.8, down 1.5 from 2018’s Game 1.  In addition, PARADISE HOTEL and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IN THE DARK lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The FOX numbers shifted, as MASTERCHEF climbed (to a noteworthy 2.0) and 24 slipped by 0.1.  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was also down 0.1, as was its LAST COMIC STANDING rerun lead-in.  The 8:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns gained an additional 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  VH1 and USA had their usual places […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 15 and Sunday June 16, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) The second major tournament on the golf calendar was down from last year to a fairly mediocre […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  I don’t follow DANCING WITH THE STARS, so can’t opine on what they did right last night.  But the show’s 0.2 bump in final numbers (after adjustment for ABC’s Portland preemption) put the show up 0.4 from last week, with 2.6 rating that was just 0.4 below THE VOICE.  CASTLE also benefited […]

>Not surprisingly, on Christmas night America just wanted its football (and a little basketball). NBC: The network had a solid game with 2 marquee teams (Green Bay vs. Chicago) and zero new competition, and the result was its best rating in weeks. ABC: The high point for the ratings evening was the overrun from the […]