BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.13/0.12. CBS:  Returning from a 2-week break with a crossover night, the FBI franchise included FBI: INTERNATIONAL up 0.15 to 0.49, FBI up 0.04 to 0.49, and FBI: MOST WANTED up 0.12 to 0.46. NBC:  NIGHT COURT gained 0.02 to 0.40, AMERICAN AUTO ticked down to 0.23, THE VOICE […]

> NBC won another Monday night last night, though it was down significantly from last week due to a combination of lower early-evening TV usage because of Daylight Saving Time and increased competition from ABC with the all-night finale of The Bachelor.  CBS sat out the week with repeats, while FOX sunk to a 1.4 […]

  ABC’s lesson for the night is that lead-ins matter. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.9, steady with last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.78, up 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE was at 0.44/0.40 compared to last […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.97/0.79.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.95/0.85/0.77 compared to last week’s 0.93/0.91/0.90.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP slipped 0.02 to 0.72, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 4.7, half a point below last year’s final rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz’s POWER returned from a 2-month break up 0.02 to 0.44, with the POWER CONFIDENTIAL lead-out steady at 0.20.  On Showtime, […]

  The endings aren’t going to be happy. ABC:  No one showed up for the last-ditch Friday run of HAPPY ENDINGS, which only managed 0.9/0.7 in its 2 half-hours, probably sealing its fate.  (It’s a sign of where network TV is in general, though, that the 0.9 for its first episode was enough to tie […]

Ratings for the simultaneous double-headers on ESPN and ESPN2 Tuesday have been added to the chart below. World Cup to Date:  2014 is now 69% ahead of 2010 in terms of the total audience (persons aged 2+).  Further, 2014 is 56% ahead with adults 18-49, 47% ahead with the key sports sales demographic of men […]