NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SESAME STREET: 50 YEARS OF SUNNY DAYS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.50/0.49/0.47 compared to last week’s 0.63/0.63/0.57, and MIZ & MRS was steady at […]

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).

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at fall 2015:  The CW’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season so far.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for each […]

>Viewers didn’t spend their Valentine’s Day evening watching network TV. ABC: The network pretty much left COUGAR TOWN to fend for itself in its season premiere, and it sank rather than swam. The only thing one can say about its anemic 1.8 start was that it held more than 80% of the 2.2 lead-in it […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s SNOWPIERCER had a 2-hour 0.34/0.31 finale, compared to last week’s 0.31 for a single episode.  On Starz, the season finale of HIGHTOWN returned from an […]

  NOTE:  This was another night where sports will lead to a high level of adjustments in final numbers, affecting CBS, FOX and CW. 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+ […]

>Two and a Half Men premiered with a 10.3 Adult 18-49 rating, about equal to a good Sunday Night Football game but not at the level of an AFC Championship game, as CBS head Les Moonves boldly predicted.  Nonetheless, this is a great number to welcome Ashton Kutcher to the show.  Can the show maintain […]

  NOTE: Network news special reports last night for the Impeachment vote in the House of Representatives interrupted some programming. Precise program start and end times with actual program ratings will be available later this afternoon. The numbers below are time period numbers with approximate schedules as a rough guide. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]