Even a thrilling SUPER BOWL slipped in this new TV world. 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). […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.29/0.27/0.27/0.19, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost 0.04 to 0.20. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.72.  After a rerun at 0.24, TRUE LIES was down 0.03 to 0.23. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise returned from a 2-week break with MED down 0.11 to 0.48, FIRE down 0.13 to 0.53, and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have inflated the initial ratings.  Elsewhere, the changes were all in reruns:  an extra 0.1 for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the JUSTICE FOR ALL special lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE news special aired on HGTV at 0.11, on Food Network at 0.10, on OWN […]

NEW FEATURE. Welcome to the first Broadcast News & Late Night Series report, a weekly round-up of broadcast series that air outside primetime such as the 6:30 pm weeknight newscasts (that are enjoying quite a resurgence lately), the 7-9 am news and interview shows and the late night comedy series. Other weekly news and late […]

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). ###

  BIG BROTHER returned to the summer rotation. 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 […]

  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS lost some of their melody. 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 […]