NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, up 0.4 from 2018’s kick-off game.  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SPIN THE WHEEL and ABC’s run of THE LEGO MOVIE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE […]

  The networks started their holiday. 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 comparisons follow the […]

  MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:  FOX has issued post-SUPER BOWL ratings for 24: LEGACY, which had a 6.1 18-49 rating and 17.6M total P2+ viewers.  In any other context, of course, those would be massive numbers.  But compared to other post-Super Bowl programming, they’re rather mild.  Last year’s LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, which started only […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NFL FOOTBALL game adjusted to 3.0.  In addition, THE BACHELORETTE, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SWAMP THING lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS topped Tuesday […]

  An unusual Tuesday primetime NFL game damaged some of the competition. 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 […]

  THE BACHELOR was unchallenged. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The FOSTER FARMS BOWL stayed at 0.7 after adjustment, and the CAROL BURNETT 50TH ANNIVERSARY special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Wednesday cable, with ESPN’s tripleheader of bowl games at 0.96/0.92/0.57.  VH1’s […]

  Few takers for TAKEN. 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. NBC:  The […]