NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in final numbers, as GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER all climbed an extra 0.1.  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, again significantly higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a […]

  BIG BROTHER loomed over the rest of the network line-ups. 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 […]

The MLK holiday will cause delays for national television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  As a rule of thumb, national holidays that close banks, stock markets or post offices also impact Nielsen ratings. Expect similar delays for Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. This […]

  A slight downturn for CMA FEST. 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 and […]

  Cable ratings will be fragmentary until tomorrow, but here are some numbers worth noting: MAD MEN‘s Season 6 finale was, despite some viewers’ misgivings about this season, the show’s highest-rated finale ever, with 2.7M total viewers.  (AMC didn’t release 18-49 numbers, but Mad Men has always skewed old.)  That was 200,000 more viewers than […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8 (not including the weather delay, which was separately rated), down 1.3 from the finals for the first CBS game last year.  In addition, GOTHAM, SUPERSTORE, THE GOOD PLACE, and WILL & GRACE gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers, but HOW TO GET […]

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). ###

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD narrowly averted this morning’s series low with an 0.1 adjustment upward, but while THE VOICE was also up 0.1, that just put it at a slightly higher series low.  The rest of the morning’s awful numbers remained as-is. TUESDAY CABLE:  TNT led again with NBA PLAYOFF games at 2.0/1.8, […]