The NBA Playoffs are taking off for TNT, with Game 1 of the Western Conference semi-finals averaging a 3.1 rating with Adults 18-49 at 9:43 pm Monday (the Los Angeles Lakers getting pounded by the Oklahoma City Thunder).  Three other early round games managed a 2.0 rating or higher.    At the other end of […]

  Friday remained a sleepy 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 follows the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesdday cable, steady with last week’s 0.82, but lead-out DAMNATION lost almost 80% of that number, down 0.06 to 0.18.  On History, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Chart has been corrected.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Pop’s SCHITT’S CREEK edged up 0.02 to 0.15, and new episodes of ONE DAY AT A TIME premiered at 0.04, although the simulcast on TV Land was actually higher at 0.07, […]

  The return of ShondaLand didn’t disrupt the other networks very much. 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). […]

Demographic ratings for the Quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup are starting to roll in.  The two matches on Friday July 4 were a mixed bag.  The 11:30 am match on ESPN2 (Germany vs France) averaged 4.2 million viewers of any age, ranking #14 out of 58 matches for this year’s World Cup but the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.35/0.30, THE GAME SHOW SHOW was up 0.03 to 0.22 from its last airing on May 24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.23/0.22/0.21. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was at 0.65, down 0.11 from last May’s premiere.  The premiere of HOT WHEELS was at 0.33. FOX:  BEAT […]

>A night of disappearing rating points.  Last May, the first Tuesday of the sweep had a combined 12.6 rating points for the four major broadcast networks.  Last night the “big” four combined for 8.8 rating points, a staggering 30% decline.  Much of this decline is due to The Voice on NBC.  Last year on this […]