BROADCAST FINALS:  The ABC broadcast share of the NFL primetime game was 2.70.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NFL share was 2.11, and earlier COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.30/0.16, with ESPN2 at 0.15.  Hallmark’s original movie WEDDING VEIL EXPECTATIONS was at 0.21.  Reelz’s ON PATROL was at 0.14.  […]

  Another night where network TV couldn’t muster more than a 1.0 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.24 to 0.41 (without an afternoon basketball boost).  AMERICAN IDOL similarly fell 0.14 to 0.51, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.04 to 0.20. CBS:  With the final round of the Masters as lead-in, 60 MINUTES more than doubled last week, up 0.43 to 0.85.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NO TOMORROW dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.12 to take Wednesday cable honors at 0.87, with HUNTING HITLER up […]

…and this is why NBC won’t be running Revolution without a Voice lead-in anytime soon. NBC:  TAKE IT ALL, airing for the first time without the comfort of that Voice audience, collapsed by more than a ratings point in a single night, down 50% to a terrible 1.1–just a tenth of a point above its […]

  NOTE:  Preseason football will again lead to some adjustments in final numbers. 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 […]

> FOX’s week isn’t going as originally planned.  Last night a rainout of the American League playoffs forced the network to air repeats and drop out of the Sunday ratings picture.  Today that game was rescheduled for the afternoon… but as this is being written, the game is in the 11th inning, tied 3-3, half […]

  Basketball scrambled INSTINCT’s premiere. 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 analysis and comparisons follow the chart. […]