The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 13 and Sunday December 14, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 15 Sunday 12.3 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly DEN-SD MIA-NE HOU-IND […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  So much for the excitement about CONTAINMENT growing from its premiere, as it gave back that 0.1 bump in final numbers.  (Although holding steady from a debut isn’t bad either.) Elsewhere, THE VOICE and the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun gained 0.1, and the Prince NEW GIRL rerun lost 0.1.   […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Yes, both ABC shows climbed in final numbers, 0.1 bumps for DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE.  There was also an 0.1 increase for THE BIG BANG THEORY.  On NBC, THE VOICE grew by 0.1 but THE BLACKLIST lost the corresponding tenth.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS dipped 0.05 to 0.54, and THE WONDER YEARS fell 0.15 to 0.39.  Following a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.30, HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.09 to 0.29.  A SUPERSTAR special was at 0.28. CBS:  SURVIVOR climbed 0.09 to 1.01, TOUGH AS NAILS slipped 0.02 to 0.41, and CSI: VEGAS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE fell 0.14 to 0.50, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.12 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was down 0.08 to 0.30. CBS:  The FBI franchise found the mothership up a tick to 0.61, INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.46, and MOST WANTED up 0.13 to 0.45. NBC:  After a year off TV […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AQUARIUS managed an 0.1 uptick in final numbers, but that was by virtue of the 1.4 it scored in its first 15 minutes–as we reported this morning, it had slumped to 0.9 for what turned out to be its final 45 minutes, and that probably gives a better picture of where it’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.49/0.35.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.42/0.34/0.24 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.27.  Cable news was led by the […]

  The networks continued to ease into holiday mode. 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 […]