NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP adjusted to 7.1, down a full 2 points from the last broadcast airing in 2015 (although up 1.2 from last year’s cable telecast).  The timezone adjustment also pushed the BIG BANG THEORY rerun down to 1.2.  In addition, NBC reshuffled by 0.1, with THE VOICE up […]

  A big night for football. 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 comparisons […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN simulcast the other Saturday NFL WILD CARD game with ABC, and the ESPN piece of it was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC has been propping up BLINDSPOT by starting its airings at 10:01PM, and sometimes it catches up with the show in final numbers, as happened last night, with THE VOICE up 0.1 and BLINDSPOT down 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s SHARK WEEk continued to chomp on cable, with NUCLEAR SHARKS at 0.80, JUNGLE SHARK at 0.79, and SHARK AFTER DARK at 0.55.  USA followed a 0.04 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  DESIGNATED SURVIVOR lost 0.1 in final numbers, and EMPIRE gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY tends to start very big and then plunge before stabilizing, and the pattern held with a 0.99 drop from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s original film THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS premiered at a lackluster 0.22. The NBA PLAYOFFS and related programming owned the Top 5 slots on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 drops for 20/20 and both reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Friday of Memorial Day weekend was quiet on cable, topped by Adult Swim’s midnight NEON JOE, […]