The summer originals continued to settle in. 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 […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The night started with a KARDASHIANS special tied in to the upcoming (Disney-owned) Hulu series at 0.46. The rest of the line-up aired for the first time in 2 weeks, with an out-of-timeslot episode of THE WONDER YEARS up 0.02 to 0.33, HOME ECONOMICS down 0.05 to 0.32, and A MILLION […]
>A weak Sunday Night Football game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers brought NBC near its season low for the football package. The game, which started at 8:30 pm, scored a preliminary 5.2 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals. We are estimating that the game will go up to a 5.9 in […]
Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NETWORK UPDATE: CBS coverage of Thursday Night Football jumped to a 7.5 adult 18-49 rating and 20,771,000 total viewers (any age). The 7.5 demo rating is up an enormous 36% jump from the fast national rating this morning. (Usually NFL […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS: After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC: The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86. That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]
The first Sunday night of Olympic coverage averaged a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating on NBC from 7:00-11:00 pm. This is well below the 7.5 rating on the same night in Turin and even slightly below the relatively weak night in Vancouver (7.0). Last night’s coverage featured: Team Ladies’ Free Skate & Ice Dance, Men’s Downhill, […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: BOY BAND HOLIDAY was at 0.53, followed by a Monday edition of THE BACHELORETTE at 0.47. CBS: THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.06 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.49, NCIS ticked down to 0.58, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.44. NBC: THE VOICE lost 0.04 to 0.71. A […]
The ratings trial of PROVEN INNOCENT didn’t begin well. 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). […]