NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable at 0.70/0.50.  Cable news was topped by CNN’s 1PM hour at 0.42/0.54/2.5M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MACGYVER, WWE SMACKDOWN and the 8:30PM rerun of MR MAYOR.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 was the top-rated cable show of the day at 0.82/1.19/4.9M, with MSNBD’s […]

  The NFL PLAYOFFS dominated. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant upward adjustments (to the next tenth) for the reruns of 20/20 and MAGNUM PI.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As expected, New Year’s Day cable was dominated by ESPN’s CFP SEMIFINALS games at 4.94/4.46, which compared to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted yesterday, we’ll now be comparing preliminary ratings in tenths to final numbers in hundredths.  ABC’s NBA game was way up in finals, from an early 1.1 to a final 1.82.  With the help of a late-afternoon NFL lead-in, FOX’s WWE SMACKDOWN was also up (from 0.8 […]