Olympics minus 1. ABC: Possibly in the belief that its activities qualified for Olympic medals, viewers thronged to WIPEOUT, giving it a 2.2 that was up 0.5 from last week. ROOKIE BLUE was also up a bit to 1.5, winning its hour, and ABC took the night. CBS: The night fell apart at 10PM, when […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.35/0.29/0.33/0.25. CBS: After a rerun at 0.56, the TONY AWARDS were at 0.46, down 0.11 from last year (the network claimed a small uptick in total viewers, but our numbers have it down about 100K). NBC: Reruns at 0.23/0.21. FOX: A USFL game at 0.17. CW: Reruns at 0.03/0.03/0.03. […]
CHICAGO FIRE arrived to show LIMITLESS its limits. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Final numbers awarded an extra 0.1 to CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, MADAM SECRETARY, THE SIMPSONS, BOOKLYN NINE-NINE, BOB’S BURGERS and CSI. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The holiday continued for REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA (Bravo), THE LIBRARIANS (TNT) and KOURTNEY & KHLOE […]
NETWORK UPDATE: EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE: Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,869,000 last year, 5,366,000 in 2012, 4,927,000 in 2011, 4,134,000 in 2010, 4,290,00 in 2009, and 2,529,00 in 2008. […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip in CBS’s NCIS rerun. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): With the NFL done for the season, we’re in the thick of pre-tournament NCAA BASKETBALL season, and ESPN had 4 […]
Aside from a couple of mild finale bumps, another night of bad news. 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 […]
Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). The first Thursday Night Football game on CBS averaged a preliminary 5.5 adult 18-49 rating, and that will go up to around a 6.4 rating in the official nationals. In addition, the NFL Network portion of the […]