Zombies take over the world. AMC:  As yesterday’s numbers had promised, THE WALKING DEAD was a monster in more ways than one.  With a 5.8 18-49 rating in its 9PM airing and an additional 1.9 for the 10PM rebroadcast, its primetime total of 7.7 was equal to the primetime rating for Sunday Night Football, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR was steady at 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.29. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.12 to 0.52, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.11 to 0.42, NCIS lost 0.09 to 0.39, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.11 to 0.30. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dropped a tenth to 0.48.  It […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  Things got even worse for MAGIC CITY, with under 350K total viewers and an 18-49 number that had to be rounded up to reach 0.1.  It’s hard to imagine Starz ordering a third season, unless there are non-financial reasons. SYFY:  CONTINUUM was down 30% in total viewers to 1M, and down 0.1 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 12 and Sunday December 13, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

FOX ruled summer Wednesday yet again last night with a 2.4 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating for So You Think You Can Dance from 8-10 pm (down from a 2.7 last week and a 2.8 on the same night last year). It wasn’t like there was any competition on the other networks.  CBS finished a very weak second with a 1.1 […]

FOX announced a very reasonable schedule–which is to say their choices were mostly in agreement with our recommendations.     A quick look at each night:

  Within CW’s universe of ratings, the return of SUPERNATURAL was a big deal. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  MOM lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s illustrious DR PIMPLE POPPER led Thursday cable, up 0.11 to 0.71.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.59/0.45.  On MTV, FLORIBAMA SHORE slipped 0.03 to 0.40, and EX ON THE […]