Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, paced by the late-evening TBS game at 1.42.  (Even an NIT game hit the Top 10, with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.4/1.1/2.4.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY fell again to 0.1, although just on the edge of that drop.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at the top of Friday cable with 1.35 (for […]

  AMERICAN IDOL headed downward. 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 […]

    A night for departures and arrivals..   CBS:  The 1-hour season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (which disclosed not The Mother, but Barney’s wife) was up from recent episodes at 3.6, also better than last week’s 2 Broke Girls finale.  The 2 1/2 MEN season finale was even with recent weeks […]

  We don’t have data yet for the season premiere of Breaking Bad, which frankly is of more interest than any of the blah network numbers last night. CBS:  The 0.3 boost for 60 MINUTES (to 1.2) is probably mostly due to a 9-minute overrun for the end of the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, and will be […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, once the NFL game was scrubbed from NBC’s ratings, its numbers got markedly worse: PARKS & RECREATION:  Down 0.1 to 1.2 (down the same amount from last week) WELCOME TO THE FAMILY:  Down 0.1 to 1.1, making it even more the worst comedy debut in NBC history SEAN SAVES THE […]

Ratings  in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader topped Saturday cable at 0.64/0.59, with an afternoon game in 4th place at 0.49, and additional games at 0.35.  An NHL game on NBCSN was farther down the Top 10 at 0.40.  Lifetime’s […]

  GREATEST HITS had a moderately tuneful start. 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 […]