BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After a run of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.42, 20/20 fell 0.66 from last week’s huge number to 0.36. CBS: Reruns, with FROSTY holiday specials at 0.49/0.39, then procedurals at 0.29/0.30. NBC: A run of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at 0.58, followed by the new specials 5 […]
Some small drops. 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 follow the chart. NBC: […]
The 1.8 rating WE ARE MEN had this week was higher than any of NBC’s sitcoms last Thursday. But it was down a huge 1.2 from its HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER lead-in, and that just wasn’t acceptable. Today CBS bit the bullet and canceled Men after 2 episodes, and as expected, MIKE & […]
>ESPN’s Monday Night Football this week was down from a 6.9 to a 5.0 rating this week. Blame AFC teams and a lopsided score. Jersey Shore was down a tenth of a rating point and pushed into third place by a very good season premiere of Walking Dead on AMC. BET’s Hip Hop Awards scored […]
THE WEEK. For the recently completed week ending Sunday (December 16-23, 2012), NBC is back in first place with a 2.48 rating in prime time, a very good rating for the third week of December. Two and a half hours of The Voice (4.2 rating on Monday and 4.9 for the finale on Tuesday) and Sunday Night Football game (a […]
Tuesday prime time averages from last night show another 24% decline in live+same day DVR viewing for the four broadcast networks (from an 11.6 combined Adult 18-49 rating for the four networks on the same night last year to a preliminary 8.8 last night). Not exactly, the sky is falling, but it’s pretty serious. Note: […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.04 to 0.67. THE GOOD DOCTOR, returning from an off-week, was down 0.05 to 0.38. CBS: Reruns at 0.49/0.39/0.34/0.24. NBC: THE VOICE gained 0.05 to 0.81. ORDINARY JOE returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.27. FOX: 9-1-1 dropped 0.05 to 0.67, and THE BIG […]
For the next week, delays here in ratings posts and updates are likely, and they won’t be the fault of Nielsen. (Well, over the course of a week Nielsen might well have its own delays, but those would be different.) Due to travel and technology issues, ratings may be posted several hours after the […]