NETWORK UPDATE:  THE GRAMMY AWARDS lost half a point after timezone adjustment, ending up with an 8.3 rating, well below last year’s final 9.9.  In addition, NBC’s run of THE HUNGER GAMES gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK rose 0.07 to 0.51, GENERATION GAP dipped 0.03 to 0.38, and THE CON was down 0.02 to 0.25. CBS:  A 2-hour BIG BROTHER was down 0.05 to 0.71.  It was preceded by reruns at 0.31/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.18/0.26/0.21. FOX:  Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.14. CW:  BUMP was at 0.03 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  I don’t follow DANCING WITH THE STARS, so can’t opine on what they did right last night.  But the show’s 0.2 bump in final numbers (after adjustment for ABC’s Portland preemption) put the show up 0.4 from last week, with 2.6 rating that was just 0.4 below THE VOICE.  CASTLE also benefited […]

  A steady but little-watched night. 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 […]

  A bad return for DYNASTY. 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 follows the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 17 through Sunday December 23, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.15/0.13/0.12/0.11. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.24/0.24/0.15. NBC:  After reruns at 0.23/0.19, THE BLACKLIST gained 0.04 to 0.19. FOX:  Following reruns at 0.14/0.11, HOUSEBROKEN was at 0.09/0.09 compared to last week’s 0.11. CW:  Reruns at 0.01/0.02/0.01. TELEMUNDO:  A movie at 0.12, followed by a soccer match at 1.12. UNIVISION:  AQUI & […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 but SHARK TANK and the rerun of THE ORIGINALS lost the same in final numbers.  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.5/1.8/1.8 over network primetime, from the preliminary 1.4/2.2/1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT continued to dominate cable […]