The lackluster finales continued. 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. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to NFL Preseason adjustment, the reruns of MASTERCHEF and BEAT SHAZAM went down 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, in final numbers.  In addition, the BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable belonged again to A&E’s […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will be updated and reformatted later today.  Charts have been updated to the normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER had an extra 0.1 in final numbers, and so did the reruns of BOOM and DATES.  The BONES rerun, however, lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The appeal of presidential politics mixed with […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ABC COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.1, and FOX’s went to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All but one of Saturday’s Top 10 were COLLEGE FOOTBALL-related, with ESPN’s primetime game the leader by far at 2.77 (the evening’s earlier game was at 1.11, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GOTHAM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while QUANTICO and the SCORPION rerun fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The series finale of A&E’s BATES MOTEL rose 0.04 to 0.46, and its AFTER-SHOW was at 0.30.  In the cable news […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were football-related drops of 0.3 for the SVU rerun, 0.2 for the SWAT and GOOD PLACE reruns and 0.1 for BIG BROTHER and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s solo THURSDAY […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AGENT CARTER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Also, IZOMBIE held onto this morning’s 0.6, a feat it didn’t manage last week.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON remained fairly steady at the top of Tuesday cable, down 0.07 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  QUANTICO lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast had a strong night at 1.39/1.36/1.35, above last week’s 1.26/1.20/1.15.  VH1 had a tougher evening, as LOVE […]