The on-the-bubble CRIMINAL MINDS finale didn’t do much to help the show’s case. 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 […]

NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 and the rerun of SUPERSTORE lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 6PM White House briefing hour led cable news, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.70/1.05/6.4M and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.51/0.72/2.7M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MILLION DOLLAR MILE dropped the same, putting it at an unimpressive 0.9.  Elsewhere, the reruns of SCHOOLED and MODERN FAMILY each lost 0.1.  Notably, after last week’s upward adjustment, EMPIRE stayed at its new series low 1.1 (and STAR was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.29/0.27/0.27/0.23, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked up to 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.76.  After a rerun at 0.22, TRUE LIES was down 0.02 to 0.21. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise had MED up 0.05 to 0.53, FIRE up 0.05 to 0.58, and PD up 0.11 to 0.56. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no relief for NBC in final ratings, which didn’t budge any of the network’s shows as much as 0.1.  In fact, the night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 drop for BACKSTROM. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Things improved very slightly for ABC, as MODERN FAMILY, MIXOLOGY and NASHVILLE all tiptoed up an additional 0.1.  The latter two bumps at least had symbolic value, as MIXOLOGY no longer lost more than half its lead-in, and NASHVILLE entered a tie with CHICAGO PD for its hour. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  THE AMERICANS […]

  A troublesomely low night for NBC. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT took a sizable 0.4 hit last night, down to a season low 2.1.  That wasn’t good for CAMP, which tied its 1.0 low.  As to Camp, although one might think the show would skew much younger than reruns of SVU–and it does–its 18-49 rating […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of game show specials, with CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 0.58, PRESS YOUR LUCK at 0.44, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.20. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.06 to 0.61.  The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS was at 0.48, down 0.11 from last year’s edition. FOX:  THE RESIDENT […]