DANCING WITH THE STARS lost the beat. 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 […]

  There was no curtain call for Smash.   NBC:  SMASH‘s 2-hour exit was an ignominious one.  Although its 0.5 was up 0.1 from its last Saturday airing, it was very nearly the lowest-rated show on a low-rated holiday weekend night, edged out only by a Good Wife rerun on CBS.  Smash barely managed to […]

  A lackluster night for the networks. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the PGA Championship overrun, 60 MINUTES fell 0.3 and BIG BROTHER gained 0.3.  In addition, the TEEN CHOICE AWARDS lost 0.1, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS dropped 0.3, the rerun of BOB’S BURGERS was down 0.2, and the rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS lost 0.1 […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The Christmas night SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 1.7 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, BEAUTY & THE BEAST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network had Sunday’s other game which, yes, was surreally aired as […]

Lance Armstrong (as calculating, cautious and conniving as ever) appeared with Oprah Winfrey Thursday night on the struggling OWN network in a much-hyped and relatively little-watched interview. The 90-minute part one of Lance Armstrong on Oprah’s Next Chapter at 9:00 pm scored a 1.2 rating with adults 18-49 and averaged 3.2 million viewers of any age.  The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news won another night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.29/0.50/3.8M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.37/3.3M, and CNN NEWSROOM at 0.21/0.29/1.3M.  Food Network’s […]

>A sub-par Sunday Night Football game turned in a 5.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals last night on NBC.  The game will probably go up to a 6.0 or 6.1 in the official nationals, enough to win the night but far away from the 10 rating for competitive games. FOX benefited from a 6.7 […]