NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH took the Friday cable title with a 0.05 bump to 0.79, with lead-out FINDING ESCOBAR’S MILLIONS up 0.05 to 0.40.  ESPN’s NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  It was another night of college basketball-driven adjustments.  The entire CBS line-up fell 0.1 in final numbers.  On NBC, DATELINE and the SUPERSTORE rerun dropped 0.2, and the SNL rerun was down 0.1.  The BIG EAST TOURNAMENT game and the SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO rerun on FOX were both […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated. NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE and the reruns of MASTERCHEF and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up 0.3 to 0.7, and FOX’s BIG EAST game adjusted down 0.2 to 0.2.  In addition, ONE NIGHT FOR ONE DROP, RANSOM and the SNL rerun all lost 0.1 in final numbers.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

  Reruns led a slow pre-holiday night. 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 FINALS:  SURVIVOR and THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LEGO MASTERS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News took up the Top 14 slots on Wednesday cable, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at […]

  NBC faced little challenge. 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 […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):