Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due). The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this ...
THE WORLD’S BEST didn’t rate that way. 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...
Football aside, network TV’s biggest hit is THE MASKED SINGER. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adul...
NOTE: Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational. Those posts will not have analysis. Broadcas...
BROADCAST FINALS: On another holiday night of reruns, the results for each network were as follows: ABC 0.19-0.34, CBS 0.67/0.29 (THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was easily the night’s highest-rated show), NBC 0.26...
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.36/0.29/0.29/0.30/0.30. CBS: BIG BROTHER gained 0.06 to 0.85, and THE CHALLENGE was steady at 0.42. A SWAT rerun was at 0.20. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.07 to 0.61, a...
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After reruns at 0.29/0.27/0.27/0.23, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked up to 0.21. CBS: SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.76. After a rerun at 0.22, TRUE LIES was down 0.02 to 0.21. NBC: The CHICAGO fr...
>As expected, Game 1 of the World Series on FOX went up in the official nationals (to a 4.2 Adult 18-49 rating — not far off the 4.1 forecast yesterday in our post about the history of Game 1 ratings). Only a few oth...
>American Idol has finally stopped falling this season, while Modern Family had a good night for ABC. Two news magazines joined the fray on Wednesday night, both pulling only a 1.1 rating. The good news for CBS is t...
> Some shows, believe it or not, are too low-rated even for NBC. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER has exhausted its single joke (the strain caused on star/co-creator Lennon’s live-in relationship when neurotic, boundaryless pal...
NBC of course won last night handily with the first NFL game of the season. Usually scheduled on the Thursday after Labor Day, the NFL moved the game to Wednesday out of deference to President Obama who gives his acceptance s...
Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:...
AFTERNOON UPDATE: MODERN FAMILY and ARROW both rose 0.1 in final numbers, particularly good news for ARROW, now at 1.2. Their respective teammates, however, fell by the same amount, as both SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORR...
Not surprisingly, the season finale of EMPIRE went platinum. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-...