There wasn’t much of interest in Friday’s preliminary ratings, and what little there was will be adjusted on Monday due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions for ABC in Nashville (the Tennessee vs. Kansas City game), CW in Charlotte (New England vs. Carolina) and CBS (respective local simulcasts in Boston and Kansas City). The NFL dominated […]
The newcomers arrived low. 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 (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]
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 […]
The FOX line-up shrank from last week’s midseason premieres. 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 […]
FRIDAY STARZ: The pay-TV network had plenty of announcements at its TCA press tour session, including a renewal for its pirate series Black Sails before the show has even aired, but there wasn’t a word of comfort for MAGIC CITY, which is just 2 weeks from its Season 2 conclusion. The show has been […]
OnOn NETWORK UPDATE: The Notre Dame COLLEGE FOOTBALL game on NBC adjusted up by 0.1 in final numbers to 1.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL took over Saturday cable, giving ESPN 8 of the day’s Top 10 shows with games or related programming. The noon Stanford/Northwestern game took the day’s prize at 1.19. The top-rated non-sports programming […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers (HEARTBEAT held the morning rating, although over the course of its hour it fell from 1.7 to 1.2), and the GRANDFATHERED rerun lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: STITCHERS made an unimpressive […]
> With reruns and holiday specials occupying most of the airwaves, NBC was able to grab a rare non-Sunday win. NBC: The Peacock was the only network airing original scripted programming, and although CHUCK and GRIMM were each a bit down (to 0.9 and 1.5, respectively), that was enough, combined with DATELINE‘s 1.3, to take […]