A grim night all around. 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 comparisons follow the […]

A generally good week for network television rolls on. ABC:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS cycle finale was way up at 3.0 from where the show had been all fall (last week was a 2.0), but that was still more than a ratings point down from last fall’s 4.1 finale, and even down from the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and SUPERSTORE gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 2.8, down 1.9 from last week’s game.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another big night for sports was led by TBS’s ALCS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of CLAIM TO FAME was at 0.40, up 0.04 from last season’s premiere.  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.35, down a whopping 0.37 from last year. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR ticked up to 0.35, THE WALL dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR increased by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers (the CSI rerun lost 0.1).  On ABC, both the SUBURGATORY finale and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1.  On NBC, both REVOLUTION and SVU were up 0.1, but CHICAGO PD fell 0.1.  The ARROW finale rose 0.1, tying it with last season’s finale. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 9, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  The latest display of Disney corporate synergy didn’t move the needle much. 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 […]

Fast nationals for Saturday 3.11.2017 will be delayed a few hours because of the switch to Daylight Saving Time from Standard Time.  This is normal as Nielsen takes extra steps to validate the ratings and program lineups, which rely on thousands of clocks at networks, cable systems, television sets, cable and satellite boxes and viewing […]