NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE MASKED SINGER, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD.  Note that while NANCY DREW didn’t technically adjust (because we don’t have numbers to the thousandth), it went to 0.05, which might have rounded higher.         […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was at the top of Friday cable, by way of Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.32/0.49/3.5M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.25/0.34/1.5M, and […]

  A good night for sports, and a bad night for everything else. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPER BOWL adjusted to 33.4, down 3.7 from 2017, while THIS IS US ended up at 9.3, up 3.2 from last year’s 24: LEGACY.  For those who care, the BOB’S BURGERS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

Game 3 of the World Series on Friday 10.28.2016 averaged just under 19.4 million persons 2+ live+same day and a stellar 5.2 persons 18-49 rating, well above the Game 3 average since 2006 (13.2 million P2+ and a 3.7 P18-49 rating) and a new high for Game 3 since 2006. This brings the average of Games […]

> Greendale Community College 4-Ever! NBC:  The network seized the opportunity opened by CBS’s sure-to-be-low-rated NCAA coverage, and COMMUNITY‘s 2.2 was by far its highest rating of the season.  In fact, it was only 0.1 below THE OFFICE, NBC’s signature scripted sitcom.  That will probably never happen again, so allow a Community fan to savor […]

  More finales. 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. ABC:  On […]

Updated with corrected ABC-only numbers for NFL Monday Night Football. BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL aired on both broadcast and cable networks, and ABC’s portion was at 1.86. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.33/0.27/0.24 NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.73.  It was followed by 2 preview episodes of the upcoming sitcom AMERICAN AUTO at 0.36/0.27. […]