NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.43/0.31 compared to last week’s 0.53/0.38.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.11 to 0.50, and the pre-show hour was down 0.03 to […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen got it all correct on the first try, and there were no changes from the preliminary numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  This is an opportune time for a reminder that only about one-third of US households subscribe to HBO, not […]

> For CBS on Mondays, the other networks can huff and puff and put specials on the air, but they can’t blow The Eye’s house down. CBS:  Against atypical competition almost across the board, all their hits were big winners, and all within 0.2 of their last original episodes. ABC:  Their best number of the […]

  Only 2 networks aired original programming. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GENIUS JR and the 8:30PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s not exactly breaking news at this point that AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD […]

>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.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ended up at 5.1, down 1.6 from last week’s game.  On CBS, 60 MINUTES adjusted to 2.0, GOD FRIENDED ME lost 0.2 to 0.8, and MADAM SECRETARY was at 0.4.  In addition, BLESS THE HARTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official […]

Note: The numbers for NFL SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on NBC and MLB NLCS Game 7 on FOX will rise +15% to +20% on the official nationals tomorrow when live viewing is counted from 5-8PM on the West Coast, where three of the four teams involved are based. The numbers of ABC, CBS and CW, in […]