An up-and-down night at CW. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.4/1.1/2.4.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY fell again to 0.1, although just on the edge of that drop.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at the top of Friday cable with 1.35 (for […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both EMPIRE and AMERICAN IDOL climbed an additional 0.1 in final numbers, as did CRIMINAL MINDS and SVU.  However, THE 100 dipped by 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW (FX) gained 0.16 from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.2, down 0.4 from last week’s game.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY, SUPERSTORE, THE GOOD PLACE and MOM, while I FEEL BAD lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an avalanche of 0.1 drops from preliminary numbers:  CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game, ABC’s SHARK TANK rerun, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20, NBC’s reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE, and CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun all faced the same result.  The WHOSE LINE IS IT […]

    Time to trot out the “Everyone was watching THE WALKING DEAD” excuse. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO MED gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  E!’s REVENGE BODY WITH KHLOE KARDASHIAN premiered at 0.30.  The season premiere of USA’s COLONY was at 0.29, down a bit from the mid-0.3 numbers it was doing […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, down half a point from last week.  On ABC, 10 DAYS IN THE VALLEY fell 0.1 in final numbers to an even worse 0.5 premiere.  On CBS, 60 MINUTES and NCIS: LA each gained 0.1, but WISDOM OF THE CROWD lost the same.   […]