NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while I FEEL BAD and MOM lost the same.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.7, up 0.4 from last week.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   There were 0.1 increases for THE BRIEFCASE and MASTERCHEF, as well as for the rerun of BLACK-ISH.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The final Conference Championship game of the NBA PLAYOFFS gave ESPN a towering 3.56 rating, while NBC Sports Net had a 0.84 for its NHL PLAYOFFS game.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS was next, up a […]

  And after 9 hours of delay, we have… ratings!  Which look pretty much as expected, despite the new Nielsen methodology.  Of course, with a night of reruns and faded specials on almost every network, it’s not clear if we’d recognize a change even if one was there.  Next week will be much more telling. DEMOGRAPHIC […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers were not kind to the night’s bubble shows, as THE MUPPETS, THE GRINDER and IZOMBIE all lost 0.1s they couldn’t spare.  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS was down 0.1 as well. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON topped Tuesday cable, but […]

  The return of regular AMERICAN IDOL episodes provided a bump. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again in the lead on Friday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.39/0.65/4.1M, CNN TONIGHT at 0.38/0.56/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while AGENTS OF SHIELD and the TOUGH MUDDER special lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND took the Tuesday cable crown, down 0.02 to 0.89, with lead-out […]