NBC wins a night it would have won even without the Olympics. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated show of the night with the same 2.7 rating it had before the Olympics.  A cutdown version of the STARS EARN STRIPES premiere was at 1.4 against weak competition at 10PM. FOX:  HOTEL HELL built […]

  The CBS Thursday line-up returned from its NCAA break. 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). […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.06 to 0.42, and 20/20 ticked down to 0.31. CBS:  After a special THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT at 0.32, reruns were at 0.21/0.24. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL gained 0.03 to 0.25, and DATELINE was up 0.02 to 0.35. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.09 to 0.54. CW:  Reruns […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.08 to 0.65.  (We don’t report on theatrical movies getting their cable debuts here, but KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE performed well for HBO […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Friday’s final ratings, rather than to the Saturday morning preliminaries.  NBC:  the AMERICA’S MOST TALENTED rerun was up 0.02 to 0.08, and DATELINE rose 0.1 to 1.0.  CBS:  the ELEMENTARY and HAWAII 5-0 reruns were steady, at 0.4/0.5, and the BLUE BLOODS rerun fell 0.1 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.30/0.28/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.18/0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.17/0.15/0.16/0.17. FOX:  A NASCAR race at 0.57. CW:  RIVERDALE ticked down to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.04/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD dropped 0.03 to 0.08, and the season finale […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and DATELINE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was firmly in charge of Friday cable at 1.98.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for New Year’s night. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN got everything it could have wanted from the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, which were gigantic at 8.94/8.33, and had the highest […]