A pair of premieres. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.51, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.19 to 0.43, SUPERMARKET SWEEP was also down 0.19 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE lost 0.08 to 0.32. CBS:  The AFC Divisional NFL PLAYOFFS game was gigantic at 11.37, a strong enough lead-in […]

  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW made an argument for a regular-season berth. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for sports.  Fox Sports 1’s NLCS game dominated Friday cable at 1.47, and ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.92/0.93.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

  Nobody answered KNOCK KNOCK LIVE. 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 […]

  For no clear reason, a strong night for CW. 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). […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH shows owned Friday cable.  The season finale of the show itself jumped 0.33 to 1.65, with the post-show at 1.31 (up 0.14 from a GOLD RUSH-related 10PM show last Friday) and pre-show THE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE OSCARS saw a moderate boost from 2022, up 0.27 (7%) in 18-49s to 4.03, and up 2.15M (13%) in total viewers to 18.76M.  Although that’s still far below the 5.3/23.59M of 2020, it was still encouraging in the context of other awards shows heading steadily downward. CBS:  After a 60 […]