Not much of a farewell for AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE fell the same.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was all sports at the top of Wednesday cable.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS were dominant, with the clinching Golden State vs. Portland […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 27: June 28-July 4, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BRUCE JENNER – THE INTERVIEW held its 5.2 in final Friday numbers, although lead-in SHARK TANK gained 0.1.  As expected, CW’s numbers went down once baseball preemptions were adjusted out, with 0.1 drops for CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and an 0.2 drop for THE MESSENGERS, which put […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final ratings, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS also retrieved an extra 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports topped Thursday cable, with TNT’s NBA doubleheader at 1.01/0.73, and Syfy’s WWE coverage between them […]

  Some small increases on ABC.  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 […]

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

  March Madness takes a toll on American Idol.   CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  The CBS numbers are adjusted fast nationals (ShowbuzzDaily estimates of what the live telecast will look like in the official nationals when the Pacific and Mountain time zones are properly counted).  The second prime time game at 9:30 was one of the […]