Revolution stops the bleeding. NBC:  On a night when THE VOICE had its worst Monday of the season by far, plunging 0.7 to a relatively mortal 3.7, REVOLUTION held even at last week’s series low 2.6 (at least in preliminary numbers).  Creatively, Revolution was less promising, with an hour that had our heroes wandering through […]

> The Voice on NBC took a haircut to a mid-4 rating with young adults, as ABC’s Dancing with the Stars premiered with a mid-3 rating, a decent rating compared to other programs (especially during this horrific season) but that premiere is down a third from last year.               […]

  Once again, the NBA FINALS were on top, but far from their previous level. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, there were a ton of changes from this morning’s numbers.  On NBC, THE VOICE lost 0.1 to 2.6, and STATE OF AFFAIRS dropped 0.2 to 1.5.  STATE has an excuse for last night, since live news coverage pushed the show by 20 minutes in part of the country and out […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of CLAIM TO FAME was at 0.40, up 0.04 from last season’s premiere.  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.35, down a whopping 0.37 from last year. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR ticked up to 0.35, THE WALL dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, up 0.9 from last week’s game.  In addition, WISDOM OF THE CROWD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD stayed huge, up 0.08 to 3.87, with TALKING […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up to 3.2 when the live west coast airing was adjusted into the number, but that was still a long way from last year’s 3.8.  The same adjustments pushed AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down 0.2.  In addition, UNDERCOVER BOSS and the season finale of THE SIMPSONS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The increased number of people stuck at home didn’t help all shows.  On HBO, the season premiere of WESTWORLD arrived at 0.29, down a steep 0.60 from its […]