NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL game adjusted to 6.6.  In addition, after adjustment for FOX’s late afternoon game, MASTERCHEF JR adjusted down 0.2 to 1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a sports- and rerun-heavy holiday, the top show on Thanksgiving cable was Hallmark’s […]

  Amazingly, EMPIRE continues to climb. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers in today’s final ratings. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As is usual for Mondays, cable bragging rights belonged to USA and VH1.  The former’s WWE was at 1.46-1.32 over its 3 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.52, THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.02 to 0.33.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.71, and THE AMAZING RACE rose 0.13 to 0.48, followed by a rerun at […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD gained an additional 0.1 in adjusted numbers, putting it at 2.1, 0.2 higher than last week’s 8PM episode.  (The night’s rerun was up 0.1 as well.)  Apart from that, a lot of shows also grew by 0.1, in some cases thus narrowly avoiding a series low.  Climbers included THE […]

>The lack of schedule flexibility (as NBC has with its late season Sunday Night Football games) has hurt the Monday and Thursday night football franchises recently.  When match-ups feature teams with little to no playoff chances, ratings drift downward (although Monday and Thursday Night Football still sit atop the weekly cable ratings chart).  Discovery’s American […]

Updated cable and broadcast rankings this week and last.

The numbers weren’t worth waiting for. NBC:  The only show on network television last night to score over a 2 in the 18-49 demo was AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, airing its pre-Olympics finale and earning a 2.2.  The night began with a CLIOS:  BEST COMMERCIALS special that came in 3d place for its hour with 1.2, […]