NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST gained 0.1 in final numbers.  However, the REIGN season finale, along with the night’s SVU rerun, each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader topped everything on network TV last night, even on an evening of high-profile season finales, with 2.64 for the Cleveland/Chicago game, and […]

  MARLON wound up a sturdy summer run. 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 bi-yearly gathering of TV journalists is going on in LA this week, and while the schedules for most networks have already been set through the rest of the season (sudden cancellations notwithstanding), ABC, with its piles of short-run series ordered from last year’s pilot season, had some additional announcements to make: TUESDAYS:  Beginning […]

  With HBO, AMC, TNT, USA, Lifetime, A&E and virtually every other cable network that airs scripted Sunday programming on seasonal hiatus, this Sunday belonged to Showtime. HOMELAND rose to yet another all-time high in total viewership for its 10PM airing, with 2.4M people watching (the 18-49 number stayed even at 1.0).  While the numbers […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 0.06 from last week’s final.  Football also affected FOX, where 9-1-1 adjusted up 0.3 to 2.6, and both reruns of FAMILY GUY and REL lost 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, and both 60 MINUTES and the NCIS: LA rerun dropped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun CLAIM TO FAME at 0.20, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD fell 0.17 to 0.51, THE FINAL STRAW dropped 0.08 to 0.34, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was up 0.05 to 0.39. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.19, BIG BROTHER was down a tenth to 0.62. NBC:  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SCANDAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, and CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.2, down rather badly by half a point from last year’s Day 1 broadcast network action.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable belonged to the NCAA BOURNAMENT, with […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP gained 0.06 from Wednesday to 0.60, and the NFL HONORS was at 0.44 (with an NFL Network simulcast at 0.13). CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.27/0.26/0.23/0.19. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 2.15, and appear to be on the upswing, the opposite trend as the 2018 Games.  Last night was […]