NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and THE WALL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SUPERIOR DONUTS rerun and both SUPERNATURAL reruns fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT has definitely become an event, which […]

  A stable summer night. 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. […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text for the morning prelims, a bit more detail on the final numbers. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME and the […]

> What’s better than a back order?  An extra back order.  NBC has increased its order for UP ALL NIGHT by 2 additional episodes, making for a total of 24 in the season.  Probably this indicates little more than a desire to have new episodes of Up available in its new Thursday 9:30PM timeslot in […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The special TOGETHER AS ONE was at 0.27, and 20/20 dropped 0.07 to 0.28. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME ticked down to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.21. NBC:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST was at 0.24, up a tick from last week and up 0.02 from the 2021 finale […]

Note: Friday numbers are again inflated slightly by a few pre-emptions on most networks for NFL PRESEASON games. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a news special at 0.31, reruns at 0.21/0.19/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.19/0.15. NBC:  Following a news special at 0.21, THE BLACKLIST was at 0.25 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.20.  After that, reruns at 0.20/0.18. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.15/0.18. CW:  After a rerun at 0.06, 100 DAYS TO INDY was at […]

> Once upon a time in the fairy-tale world of broadcast television, there was a network that got exactly what it most wished for… ABC:  And that network was ABC.  ONCE UPON A TIME launched beautifully against male-skewing football and baseball, and was actually within hailing distance of the first half hour of the World […]