BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.58, and the season finale of THE GOOD DOCTOR was at 0.32, down 0.02 from last week and down 0.04 from last season’s finale. CBS:  Back from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.06 to 0.48, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.06 to 0.40.  Airing […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPERGIRL will have to share the honors for the fall’s highest-rated premiere, as its 0.1 drop in final numbers tied it at 3.1 with the debut of BLINDSPOT.  As we noted this morning, the numbers through the hour were very consistent (3.3/3.0/3.2/3.2), which bodes well for a solid hold next week (albeit […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.0.  Note that the FOX game was considered afternoon and not primetime programming by Nielsen, and therefore isn’t on the chart, but its adjusted rating (from 7:35PM) was 0.9.  Also, the NATIONAL DOG SHOW gained 0.1.  An additional note:  our fast nationals chart […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The Christmas night SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 1.7 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, BEAUTY & THE BEAST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network had Sunday’s other game which, yes, was surreally aired as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the LOVE CONNECTION rerun lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, down 0.02 to 0.75, with MIZ & MRS down 0.08 to 0.42, and […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   NASCAR was off a bit from last year but still a very viable 3.0 rating. […]

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). ###

> The eagerly-awaited Season 5 of the most honored series on television, an interminable 17 months in the making, contents itself with a single enigmatic image:  Don Draper staring into a department store window, his reflected gaze held by two mannequins, one a naked female, her dress at her feet, the other a seated man […]