> Sweeps! FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL was steady with last Thursday at 5.4, which meant it was again down around 30% from last year and again saw its first half-hour lose to CBS’s Big Bang Theory.  THE FINDER, airing against original episodes on every network this week, lost most of last week’s gains and fell to […]

Monday preliminary broadcast ratings:

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 22-23, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, April 23-24, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Airing for the first time since November 10, STATION 19 ticked down to 0.49, and GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.02 to 0.49.  A rerun of the COMPANY YOU KEEP pilot was at 0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.35/0.24/0.18. NBC:  LAW & ORDER dipped 0.04 to 0.49, SVU dropped 0.07 to 0.58, and LAW […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.08 to 0.55, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was up 0.05 to 0.51.  However, SUPERSTAR dropped 0.06 to 0.28. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.95, and HOUSE CALLS fell 0.07 to 0.21.  A special 48 HOURS was at 0.22. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.03 to 0.65, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down a tick to 0.65.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH ticked up to 0.64, with the lead-out hour down 0.05 to 0.44, and the […]

  Was AMERICAN IDOL’s return all that ABC had hoped? 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BLESS THIS MESS rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.63, with MIZ & MRS […]