NETWORK UPDATE:  Here’s a shocker–all of ABC’s shows climbed in final network numbers, ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION by 0.2, and REVENGE by 0.1.  MADAM SECRETARY lost a tenth.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.4, down 1.3 from last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday […]

  ABC fared best on a night with some downturns. 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 […]

  Conservative CBS is making lots of changes next fall. UPDATED with reactions to trailers, which are available here.     No network preaches the “Everything is just fine in broadcast TV” scripture louder than CBS, but the fact is that its biggest hits (The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, Survivor) are aging, and the network […]

  A low season exit for HAWAII 5-0. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GRAND HOTEL lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with GIRLS CRUISE steady at 0.41, and the premiere of LOVE & LISTINGS at 0.33.  USA’s WWE […]

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  Music dominated the night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD OF DANCE, both BLACK-ISH reruns and the FBI rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another major news night, CNN TONIGHT was on top at 0.73/0.97/2.8M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.55/0.89/5M, […]