At this point, ABC may be hoping for some more Nielsen delays. 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 […]

  Pending final numbers, the AMERICAN IDOL finale slid past the season’s penultimate THE VOICE. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Both episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION, and the reruns of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Syfy, the WYNONNA EARP season premiere was at 0.12,. up […]

  Retro is in. 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 chart. ABC:  […]

  A solid start for BLACK LIGHTNING. 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 UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments today.  THE BACHELORETTE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  However, NBC’s Convention coverage, COUPLED, both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and ZOO all lost the same.           […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 4.1 in final numbers, quite a bit higher than this morning’s preliminary rating, but still considerably lower than the 6.1 for the last CBS primetime game 2 weeks ago.  Elsewhere, the entire ABC line-up lost 0.1 across the board, while SUPERSTORE gained 0.1.   […]