Monday preliminary broadcast ratings:

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared.  THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop.  YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT on CBS adjusted to 1.7/1.2, and 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big day for the NCAA TOURNAMENT, which supplied the Top 6 (and 7 of the Top 8) […]

        NETWORK FINALS to come.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.67, with MIZ & MRS down 0.03 to 0.36, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY down 0.02 to 0.23.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY gained […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. MONDAY CABLE:  PARTNERS didn’t get off to much of a start for FX, with 0.35 in the demo for the first half-hour, and 0.3 for the second.  It’s hard to believe that would be high enough to trigger the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 2.0.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the rest of the line-up lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  POWER tied for the Sunday cable lead, down a […]

  Only one show made it to a 1.0 rating.  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). […]

  A typical summer Tuesday. 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 chart. […]