>An incredibly quiet final Tuesday of 2011 last night on the broadcast networks, with CBS’s 1.4 rating leading the pack.  Last year on this night, NBC had an incredible performance from a rescheduled Sunday Night Football game, which was moved to Tuesday because of a roof collapse (from heavy snow) in Indianapolis.       […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s annual telecast of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS was at 0.33, down 0.14 from last year.  FOX’s MLS match was at 0.14.  CW premiered WOULD I LIE TO YOU at 0.09, and MASTERS OF ILLUSION at 0.08.  In late-night, NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was up 0.02 to 0.85.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 6 Top Games on Saturday 4.6 rating ABC 8:00 pm #4 Ohio State […]

  People had better things to do on Valentine’s Day. 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 […]

  Numbers continued to generally subside. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.08 to 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up a tick to 0.30. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.04 to 0.56, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA climbed 0.09 to 0.51, NCIS rose a tenth to 0.49, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.05 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The highest rated shows were out of primetime, FOX’s afternoon MLB PLAYOFFS game at 1.09, and NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, down 0.22 from last week’s Kardashian episode to 0.82.  In primetime, ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was on top at 0.78.  CW’s WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS  were at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In final numbers, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2, and THE VOICE gained 0.1, while BLINDSPOT and CASTLE each lost 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, needless to say, dominated the cable night, up 0.07 from last week to 5.20.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP HOP was up […]