NETWORK UPDATE:  BACKSTROM lost 0.1 in final numbers yesterday, while AMERICAN IDOL gained that fraction (BACKSTROM may not have started until 9:01PM).  Also down 0.1:  BAD JUDGE, MOM and the 9:30PM BIG BANG THEORY rerun, while THE VAMPIRE DIARIES was on the plus side. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable […]

  The season continued shifting downward. 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 the […]

  For the next week, delays here in ratings posts and updates are likely, and they won’t be the fault of Nielsen.  (Well, over the course of a week Nielsen might well have its own delays, but those would be different.)  Due to travel and technology issues, ratings may be posted several hours after the […]

  The ratings for AQUARIUS were slightly less embarrassing this week. 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 […]

Has any mega-hit collapsed as quickly as EMPIRE? 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 […]

  The novelty of a returned WILL & GRACE seems to have faded. 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 […]

>Viewers didn’t spend their Valentine’s Day evening watching network TV. ABC: The network pretty much left COUGAR TOWN to fend for itself in its season premiere, and it sank rather than swam. The only thing one can say about its anemic 1.8 start was that it held more than 80% of the 2.2 lead-in it […]

  An uptick for 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 follow […]