NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and the pre-game primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE fell correspondingly to 0.9.  In addition, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The hand-wringing about all the terrible things that happen on GAME OF THRONES certainly isn’t hurting the ratings, as its season finale was […]

Live programming pays off in this world of countless channels, DVRs and online streaming.  ABC averaged a 2.1 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm last night in the preliminary fast nationals on a night devoted to a high-wire stunt, but hit the jackpot (for a Friday night in the summer) at 10 pm with […]

  Despite a small dip, THE MASKED SINGER remained dominant. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39.  Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted slightly down, to 1.9/2.7.  That put them respectively 0.1 below and 0.1 above last year’s Thursday Round of 16 games.    (See Mitch Metcalf’s special SKEDBALL Report on Round of 16 ratings on broadcast and cable.)  Elsewhere, AMERICAN CRIME gained 0.1, and the VAMPIRE DIARIES rerun lost 0.1. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.5, and the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE pre-show to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS dropped 0.1 in final numbers, while the reruns of BOB’S BURGERS  and FAMILY GUY rose the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for FOX’s primetime schedule for this season to date.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below.  Programs in the chart are grouped by night so you can see the audience flow from 8:00 […]

  There was more drama on screen than at the ratings box for the SLEEPY HOLLOW season finale. 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 […]