NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while STATION 19 and SUPERNATURAL lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Thursday cable at 1.33/1.16, with NBATV’s game at 0.14.  On […]

  It was a bad night on the networks to be anything but sports.  Note:  the football and baseball numbers below are adjusted to estimate where the final numbers will be after western time zones are taken into account tomorrow. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME proved once and for all that Disney doesn’t interfere with […]

  THE WHISPERS managed to make itself heard. 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 […]

>Jersey Shore’s finale took the top spot on the cable chart this week.  Not so much because it was up (it increased only one tenth of a rating point from last week) — rather, ESPN’s Monday Night Football was way down to a 3.3 Adult 18-49 rating (down from 5.0 last week and 6.9 the […]

  Last night the numbers continued to slide for Under the Dome, and viewers watched country singers rock out. ABC:  CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK was up an impressive half ratings point from last year’s installment to 2.0, although that one aired in mid-September, against some early regular season competition. CBS:  UNDER THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.53, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.42, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.34.  Reruns followed at 0.21/0.21. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.45, and THAT’S MY JAM was at 0.37. FOX:  9-1-1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We found itself at the top of Friday cable with MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT, even though it slipped 0.02 to 0.56, with lead-out DR MIAMI at […]