NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS was on top of Wednesday cable at 0.51, up 0.13 from last week.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.48/0.26.  Cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SCHOOLED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the NCIS and CHICAGO MED reruns lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.54.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC edged up 0.02 to […]

  The last quiet night of the season. 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 […]

  After the excitement of the past two days, with the arrivals of The Blacklist and Agents of SHIELD, last night’s numbers were on the dull side. ABC:  Even though ABC won the night, there was no good news in the line-up.  THE MIDDLE began its season at 2.4, down 0.5 from last fall.  The […]

With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio now history, here’s a look at the audience trends in every age category, from young children to retirees.  Each group behaved differently across the 17 nights of the Games, providing NBC with some hope for certain audience segment but much consternation regarding the important 18-34 audience. Opening Ceremony. The […]

  BROADCAST FINALS;  The 2021-22 broadcast season officially began last night, and it didn’t exactly roar into action. ABC:  The season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.92, considerably below last fall’s 1.3.  A TIME 100 special was at 0.28. CBS:  The season premiere of THE NEIGHBORHOOD was at 0.63 compared to last […]

CBS had a terrific start to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament with its two late games Thursday, right around 5.5 million viewers ages 2+.  These audience levels are among the best ratings for this day in recent years: the 7:00 pm game on CBS (#8-Cincinnati beating #9-Purdue 66-65 in OT in telecast 7 of the […]

>A very ugly Sunday night in prime time on the broadcast networks, with no network averaging above a 2 rating for the night.  CBS premiered NYC 22 at 10 pm to a very lame 1.5 rating with Adults 18-49, while ABC aired part 4 of its Titanic mini-series (parts 1-3 aired Saturday night), scoring only […]