NETWORK UPDATE:  Despite all of last night’s football preemptions, only ABC was affected in the final numbers, as THE QUEST lost 0.2 and ROOKIE BLUE lost 0.1 (putting its season finale at the same 1.0 as last year’s).  In addition, both BONES reruns on FOX dropped 0.1. Below are last night’s Top 25 cable […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR earned an extra 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE (and the SHARK TANK rerun that preceded it).  The NCIS: LA rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On the Monday before the NFL takes over ESPN’s Monday night, the network aired the season’s first COLLEGE […]

  A significant drop for the premiere of BACHELOR IN PARADISE. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  All of CBS’s shows dropped in final numbers, 60 MINUTES by 0.2, GARTH LIVE AT NOTRE DAME by 0.1, and the rerun NCIS: LA by 0.1.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, down 0.07 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

The ShowBuzzDaily AUDIENCE MAP returns with a look at Late Night programs on the broadcast networks. This new format goes beyond the 30 gender-age demographic segments to include ratings performance in key segments of household income and the education level attained by the head of household. And the income and education ratings are not just […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  GREASE LIVE held its preliminary 4.3 rating in final numbers.  There were no changes on any of the other networks, either. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As the NFL season winds toward its end, ESPN’s coverage of the PRO BOWL won Sunday cable with 2.76.  On […]

UPDATE: Game 1 of the 2016 World Series averaged just under 19.4 million viewers 2+ live+same day in the official nationals, second only to 2009 (Phillies-Yankees) in the last decade (and just narrowly behind it).  With the key sales demographics, the game is also well above average, generally ranking #3 among Game 1 telecasts since […]

  NOTE:  The comparison chart below is incorrect has been corrected. 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 […]