NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.7, steady with last week’s game.  In addition, due to afternoon football adjustments, THE SIMPSONS dropped 0.3 and both BLESS THE HARTS and 60 MINUTES lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Comcast/NBC […]

  Veterans returned, and a newcomer arrived. 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 Friday before Olympics hiatus was a quiet one.. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Because USA reports its WWE ratings in hour-long segments, Hour 1 took the night’s cable honors at 1.38, with the latter 2 hours at 1.31/1.26, compared to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO JUSTICE and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz’s AMERICAN GODS premiered at 0.36, a step up from lead-in THE WHITE […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and BEST TIME EVER lost 0.1.  The worse news for BEST TIME EVER, though, was its trajectory through the hour, starting at 2.2 in the 1st 15 minutes, and then falling steadily to 1.9-1.7-1.6.  That suggests a show that wasn’t living up to its title […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage went up on all the networks: by 0.2 to 1.1 on NBC, by 0.1 to 0.9 on ABC, and by 0.1 to 0.8 on CBS.  In addition, the 8PM episode of HOME FREE gained 0.1, while HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the LEGENDS OF TOMORROW rerun […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of GOOD GIRLS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Nostalgia for HBO’s GAME OF THRONES was limited, as the documentary THE LAST WATCH had only a fraction of the show’s ratings at 0.46.  […]