BROADCAST FINALS:  CBS aired a WHITNEY, A LOOK BACK special at 0.15, and CW’s original was at 0.03.  In late night, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned from a break at 0.83.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Final Four games of the NCAA TOURNAMENT were at 2.72/1.89 on TBS, 1.69/0.94 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE: SVU rose 0.1 in final numbers, although the CHICAGO FIRE rerun at 8PM lost 0.1.  Elsewhere, there were also 0.1 gains for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS, as well as for ARROW. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Neither of the night’s premieres even made it to our supplemental chart.  The first 2 hours of HBO’s J.K. […]

Some season/series finales were received more eagerly than others. 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 […]

  Many viewers seem to have started their holidays early. 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 […]

  AMERICAN HORROR STORY returned last night with a different storyline, setting and cast, and also brought along some new viewers to scare.  Last night’s Season 2 debut had what should end up as a 2.0 18-49 rating, considerably up from the 1.7 it earned for last season’s finale, and enough to beat or at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.4 and GOD FRIENDED ME was down 0.1.  On FOX, THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 and FAMILY GUY gained the same.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.5, down 0.9 from last week’s final.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

You say you want a Revolution. NBC:  REVOLUTION, coming off its best episode thus far, leaped up 0.4 from last week to 3.4, making it by a substantial margin the biggest 10PM hit on broadcast TV.  Its lead-in from THE VOICE was steady at 4.8, and the Revolution number was even more impressive because it […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 6.9, down 0.4 from 2016.  In addition, LOVE CONNECTION and the AMAZING RACE season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even though the game itself was on ABC, […]