NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up half a point to 5.2.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, sports and news took up most of the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE rerun dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night in Discovery’s SHARK WEEK originals:  AIR JAWS at 0.71, SHARK TANK MEETS SHARK WEEK at 0.66, SHARKCAM STAKEOUT at 0.61 (the night’s Top 3), […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Since at this point Nielsen is issuing preliminary ratings and finals simultaneously as they catch up on their missing nights, we’ll skip to the finals and provide analysis here: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (1.0) and ONCE UPON A TIME (0.9) held at last week’s numbers.  TIME AFTER TIME […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and the 8PM rerun of THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo stayed at the top of a mostly upbeat Wednesday for cable, with REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC up a tenth to 0.62, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PINK COLLAR CRIMES, DATELINE and the 9PM 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL owned Saturday cable, with games and related programming on ESPN and ESPN2 holding 8 of the Top 9 slots, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 7 of THE WORLD SERIES had a healthy adjustment up to 8.2, although that was still quite a bit below 2016’s 12.6 final for Game 7.  Elsewhere, SURVIVOR, THE BLACKLIST, THE GOLDBERGS and SPEECHLESS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 10PM rerun of SEAL TEAM lost the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CASTAWAYS, MAKING IT, THE OUTPOST and the reruns of BULL and THE FLASH all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All of the big-ticket scripted arrivals did well, and none better than the premiere of FX’s […]

  CHICAGO FIRE arrived to show LIMITLESS its limits. 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 […]