Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last.  Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time.  NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week.  Not shown […]

> The fairy tale continues for one of this season’s new arrivals. ABC:  The back order for ONCE UPON A TIME should be arriving any minute.  The fantasy soap has clearly found an audience sweet spot, and even with what will probably be the season’s strongest Simpsons as competition (not to mention NBC’s football and […]

  Another holiday night dominated by reruns. 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 follows the chart; […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BELIEVE lost 0.2 in final Sunday numbers, so instead of being up 0.1 from last week, it was actually down to a new low 1.0.  The other adjustments were of 0.1, with THE SIMPSONS, ONCE UPON A TIME and REVENGE (but not RESURRECTION) all up, and 60 MINUTES, AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MODERN FAMILY rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.81, with HUNTING HITLER up 0.08 to 0.44.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN edged up 0.02 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DEPUTY lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another heavy news day was led by Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.47/0.75/4.5M, with CNN’s GLOBAL TOWN HALL at 0.44/0.65/2.1M and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE slipped 0.1 from its early number, but CROSSBONES held steady.  On ABC, both WHAT WOULD YOU DO? and the SHARK TANK rerun rose 0.1.  FRIDAY CABLE:  WWE (Syfy) was on top with 0.8, up 0.2 from last week.  DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES (Food Channel) and a History Channel special D-DAY IN […]

  THE MASKED SINGER showed no sign of flagging. 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 […]