AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was back, but not nearly as big as before. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Despite all of last night’s football preemptions, only ABC was affected in the final numbers, as THE QUEST lost 0.2 and ROOKIE BLUE lost 0.1 (putting its season finale at the same 1.0 as last year’s).  In addition, both BONES reruns on FOX dropped 0.1. Below are last night’s Top 25 cable […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The GOLDEN GLOBES only adjusted up to 5.8 in final numbers, down a significant 0.7 from last year.  The football-swollen 60 MINUTES rose 0.3 to 3.9, and THE GOOD WIFE gained a tick to 1.4.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy […]

Daylight Savings Time arrives. ABC:  The 8PM shows on CBS and FOX were both down with the arrival of Daylight Savings Time, so viewed in that light, ONCE UPON A TIME‘s 2.2, although matching a low and down a heavy 0.7 from the same night last year, doesn’t look quite as bad.  REVENGE was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games occupied 4 of the Top 13 slots, with Minnesota vs. Washington State tied for the highest rating of the day at 0.96, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 6.8 in final ratings, 0.8 above its preliminary number.  (The 2013 Finals lasted to Game 7, and adjusted all the way up to a 10.6 rating for that game, which is why networks don’t root for teams, they root for long series.)  The […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A couple of notes:  because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers.  Also, it appears that FOX didn’t air national analysis after the Debate, and the number we had for that this morning was the combination of ratings from local affiliates. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST and THIS IS US.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News continued to be at the forefront of non-sports cable, with the 10PM CNN TONIGHT on top at 0.64/0.99/3.7M, […]