BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  The broadcast presentation of the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS on CBS was at 0.16.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned at 0.71.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.32.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.03.   Broadcast Official […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PRESS YOUR LUCK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case on Tuesday, CNN’s DEMOCRATIC DEBATE easily led Wednesday cable, and the 1.92/2.51/10.7M for the main part of the […]

    The real question is whether Hatfields & McCoys outrated all the networks again. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT is so far the dominant network show of the early summer, its 3.7 more than doubling every other show on the networks (except its own 8PM repeat).  That provided an excellent platform for a GRIMM repeat […]

  Fans of HANNIBAL shouldn’t get too excited about its preliminary 0.8 series finale rating.  NFL PRESEASON coverage made these early numbers all but worthless, with preemptions that included ABC in Cleveland (CLE-TB) and Baltimore (WAS-BAL), NBC in New York (NYJ-NYG) and Washington DC (WAS-BAL), and FOX in Chicago (CHI-CIN) and Minneapolis (MIN-DAL).  We’ll look […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The US GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS and the rerun of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD returned from a 3-week break, and although it led Sunday scripted […]

  Another low Friday. 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 2). Ratings analysis follows the chart. ABC:  […]

  Neither VEGAS nor ELEMENTARY is setting television screens on fire with their 18-49 ratings so far. Vegas scored a 2.0 in its last airing that merely tied the perpetually bubbled Parenthood, and Elementary hit a somewhat better 2.3, but in an hour where NBC doesn’t even try, airing the practically invisible Rock Center.  However, both […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.5, and CBS’s game adjusted to 2.5.  In addition, the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of WEAKEST LINK and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]