American Idol has gone seriously out of tune. FOX:  How to describe the depths of last night’s 2.7 rating for AMERICAN IDOL?  It was the lowest rated regular episode of the series ever, including its first season, when it ran as a summer series.  It was more than a full point below Tuesday’s results show […]

  A small dip for the 2nd week of FOR LIFE. 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 […]

  MODERN FAMILY continues to slip. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MLB ALL-STAR GAME adjusted up to 1.9, down 0.2 from 2018’s final rating.  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and THE GOLDBERGS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE rerun dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night in Discovery’s SHARK WEEK originals:  AIR JAWS at 0.71, SHARK TANK MEETS SHARK WEEK at 0.66, SHARKCAM STAKEOUT at 0.61 (the night’s Top 3), […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.56/0.25/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.39/0.29/0.25. NBC:  THE WHEEL was down 0.03 from last Tuesday to 0.30, followed by reruns at 0.24/0.22/0.18. FOX:  Reruns at 0.18/0.14. CW:  OCEAN EMERGENCY was at 0.04. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON dropped 0.02 to 0.24, REINA DEL SUR lost 0.02 to 0.20, and AMOR Y TRAICION was […]

  The burn-off fire grew larger, but not brighter. 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 follows […]

  SYFY:  The multiplatform DEFIANCE is the biggest project Syfy has tried to launch in quite a while, and its debut was fair if not overwhelming with a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo (only about 45% of the 2.7M total viewers were under 50, which may reflect the old-west flavor of the drama), plus another […]