The return of original animation to FOX didn’t excite viewers. 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 […]

  CBS will be glad THE DOVEKEEPERS has run out of birds. 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). […]

Day 7 of the World Cup (Wednesday) turned in mediocre ratings on ESPN by 2014 standards (2.3 to 3.2 million viewers for the three matches, on the bottom half of the ranking chart).  But the 2:30 and 5:30 matches yesterday would still be above the 2010 ESPN average for Group Stage (early round) matches, while […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and the rerun of TO TELL THE TRUTH swapped 0.1 in final numbers, with BACHELOR up and TRUTH down.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was again on top of Monday cable at 1.17/1.16/1.15, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK aired for the first time since December 9, up 0.08 to 0.53. CBS:  The line-up returned from a month-long break, with SWAT up 0.11 to 0.52, the just-renewed FIRE COUNTRY up 0.15 to 0.56, and BLUE BLOODS up 0.02 to 0.42. NBC:  Airing for the first time since December […]

ABC’s singing competition series Duets is fading, averaging a 1.5 rating from 8-10 pm last night (down from last week’s 1.7 premiere).  A drop in the second week is not abnormal, but keep in mind Duets faced stiff competition last week from So You Think You Can Dance (2.4 rating).  This week FOX put up Touch, which wheezed to a 1.3 in […]

NOTE: Last year’s college football Saturday prime time premiere (Wisconsin vs Alabama, also on ABC, on 9.5.2015) averaged a 2.7 adult 18-49 rating in both the fast nationals and official nationals.  This year’s USC-Alabama game averaged a 2.4 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm ET in the fast nationals, and the official rating will probably […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.45. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.07 to 0.27, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST was steady at 0.29, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.46. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.47. CW:  A rerun of 2040 at 0.02. […]