>FOX should be well above a 20 rating (we are saying a 21) when the official nationals are in tomorrow for 7-11 pm Sunday.  This is well above CBS’s performance on this night last year, when the game ended on time at 10 pm.  Last night, a thrilling overtime game went to about 10:35, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.58.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.11.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION was steady at 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY ticked up to 0.04.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  TBS’s NHL PLAYOFFS games […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MODERN FAMILY rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM SVU rerun lost the same.  There were probably local preemptions for CW, because the night’s reruns went from a preliminary 0.3/0.3/0.3 to 0.1/0.1/0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.  Note that BEING REUBEN’s ignominious run is apparently over, at least it’s not scheduled to air on the next two Fridays.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games loomed […]

  The post-Olympics torpor continued. 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 chart. […]

NBC  averaged almost a 10.5 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time the week of July 30-August 5, a cool 814% improvement over the same early-August week a year ago.  NBC deftly kept the weekly rating in double digits by excluding the relatively low-rated half hours Friday at 8:00, Saturday at 8:00, and Sunday at 7:00. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for football preemption, THE GREAT XMAS LIGHT FIGHT, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE VOICE and THE WALL all dropped 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL had a good week, up 0.80 from last week’s game […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NFL preemptions, ABC’s GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and CONVICTION each fell 0.2. In addition, THE VOICE and 2 BROKE GIRLS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL plunged 1.61 from […]