AMC:  World Series, no World Series, THE WALKING DEAD really doesn’t care.  It was again the highest-rated show in all of primetime last week, network or cable, with a giant 6.8 rating–and that doesn’t count the additional 1.2 for the 11PM rerun.  TALKING DEAD was the second-highest cable show of the night with 2.3, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Thursday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable, with the early Golden State vs. Houston game at 0.95, and the late Clippers vs. Oklahoma City at 0.64.  A&E’s 60 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD and 9-1-1: LONE STAR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.90/0.87/0.73 compared to last week’s 0.66/0.61/0.56.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.81 (Lakers vs. Celtics)/0.48 (Golden State vs. Portland).  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s original film THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS premiered at a lackluster 0.22. The NBA PLAYOFFS and related programming owned the Top 5 slots on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There wasn’t any good news for fans of AMC’s HALT AND CATCH FIRE, which returned at 0.11.  (Note that although the chart only reports the 10PM episode, […]

In the official ratings, Game 2 of the World Series came in at a 3.5 rating with Adults 18-49, above the 2.9 fast national rating and even higher than our adjusted 3.3 rating from this morning.  The World Series remains a disaster, however. Last night is clearly the lowest rated Game 2 in history with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of MOM and MAN WITH A PLAN each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up 0.02 to 1.05, and BASKETBALL WIVES returned at 0.93.  On USA, WWE […]

  A largely downbeat night. 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 analysis and comparisons follow […]