It was a big night for basketball and song. ABC: Per Mitch Metcalf: We are estimating that last night’s Game 6 of the NBA FINALS, in which Miami forced a Game 7 on Thursday by beating San Antonio in overtime, will end up with a 7.6 rating in the official nationals later today when […]
NETWORK UPDATE: HAWAII 5-0 and GRIMM gained 0.1 in final Friday ratings, but CRISTELA fell by the same amount. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): GOLD RUSH (Discovery) lost a tick to 1.42, but remained easily on top of Friday cable, […]
Duke once again gave a kick-start to NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage. 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 […]
Some small drops. 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. NBC: […]
>Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC’s schedule with a preliminary 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm, down from a 5.3 rating for the spring premiere last year on the comparable night. The Voice averaged a 4.5 rating with young adults, down from a 5.2 last week and a 6.2 two weeks ago. In the metered-market […]
LAST NIGHT. Christmas came again to NBC in the form of last night’s Sunday Night Football game, the final regular season game of the year but which actually was an extra playoff game. Washington defeated Dallas in a game that awarded the NFC East title and more importantly the final playoff spot. The game received a 9.2 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Only HELL’S KITCHEN and the night’s rerun of MODERN FAMILY found an extra 0.1 in the couch cushions. THURSDAY CABLE: With no NBA Playoff games scheduled, it was a quiet night. The NHL PLAYOFFS on NBC Sports Network were at 0.6. PAWN STARS (History) was at 0.9/0.9, up 0.1 in the 2d […]
NETWORK FINALS: The AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 11.83, down a bit from the final 12.2 for 2020’s primetime NFC game. FBI, which began at 10:30PM, had a 1.98 rating. In addition, there was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. Broadcast […]