The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at fall 2015:  FOX’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 show, […]

  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 […]

  Viewers weren’t enthusiastic about the return of BLINDSPOT. 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 follows […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was again #1 on Friday cable, although it fell by 0.24 from last week to 1.25.  […]

  A pair of TV veterans made their annual visits. 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). […]

The Memorial Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday May 26 nationals available Tuesday May 30 at 1 pm Saturday May 27 nationals available Wednesday May 31 at […]

  Marvel took over more of the universe last night. ABC:  AGENTS OF SHIELD was meant to be a blockbuster from the moment its development was announced, and so it was, with a giant 4.6 start that tied The Voice in the 8PM hour.  That’s 50% higher than the 3.1 debut for ABC’s last try at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The Big 4 networks all aired primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, with ABC at 0.43, CBS at 1.85, NBC at 0.49, and FOX at 0.45.  NBC’s SNL was steady with last week’s premiere at 0.73.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–currently we don’t have any cable ratings below […]