The EMMY AWARDS didn’t bode well for the season to come. 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 […]

  Republicans ♥ NBC? NBC:  Somewhat ironically, considering the Right’s loathing of MSNBC, preliminary numbers have the Peacock as the GOP network of choice for last night’s coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, with a 1.3, more than the CBS and ABC numbers combined.  The rating may be somewhat attributable to the 2.4 earned in […]

  Note:  because of July 4th, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS;  The 2021-22 broadcast season officially began last night, and it didn’t exactly roar into action. ABC:  The season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.92, considerably below last fall’s 1.3.  A TIME 100 special was at 0.28. CBS:  The season premiere of THE NEIGHBORHOOD was at 0.63 compared to last […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 20 through Sunday April 26, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.30/0.28/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.18/0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.17/0.15/0.16/0.17. FOX:  A NASCAR race at 0.57. CW:  RIVERDALE ticked down to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.04/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD dropped 0.03 to 0.08, and the season finale […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NFL preemptions on ABC, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR both lost 0.1.  In addition, there were several adjustments at CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and ME, MYSELF & I up 0.1, and 9JKL down the same.  Elsewhere, THE VOICE and LUCIFER rose 0.1.   […]

>Tonight the audience will be back to normal levels — the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend does not suffer the TV usage declines that start Wednesday and continue through Saturday night.  Last night was a very typically quiet Saturday night of the long holiday weekend. ABC led the way with college football, #6 Stanford defeating #22 […]