NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.44, and FOX’s PBC BOXING adjusted to 0.21.  In addition, CBS’s FBI rerun adjusted up to the next tenth, while at NBC, the KENAN rerun adjusted down to the next-lowest tenth, and the WEAKEST LINK rerun adjusted down two-tenths.         Broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Disney Channel’s DESCENDANTS 3 resoundingly took the Friday cable title with a 1.10 rating.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The time-zone adjusted rating for Game 2 of the NBA FINALS climbed to 6.0.  As expected, the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN dropped heavily, from 2.2/2.3 to 1.1/1.3. SATURDAY CABLE:  Starz’s POWER needed two runs, at 9 and 10PM, to accumulate a passable 0.3 rating in 18-49s (9PM was 0.15, 10PM […]

  Everyone knows that the shine of a post-Olympics “preview” berth doesn’t last long–just ask 2012’s Go On and Animal Practice.  But it’s at least supposed to provide a new show with a strong sampling.  Ironically, last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS ratings were so disastrous (2.6 in preliminary numbers–see Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details)  that ABOUT A […]

Note: CBS and NBC fast affiliate-based nationals below are inflated by NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL local pre-emptions in New York (NBC) and Cleveland (CBS). 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+ […]

  NBC shook things up last night, to mixed effect. NBC:  A 2-hour THE VOICE hurt the 9PM competition, but resulted in a 3.7 for itself, the lowest Voice rating in weeks (down 0.4 from last Tuesday).  Putting GRIMM at 10PM gave the network a 2.0, its best rating in that slot since Parenthood ended its season (the […]

Monday ratings last night, last year and last week:

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 27 and Sunday December 28, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 17 Sunday 10.8 rating CBS 1:00 pm Regional (mostly SD-KC) 10.5 rating FOX 1:00 […]