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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

      NOTE:  Nielsen is slowly grinding its way back up to date, and as of late Wednesday morning PT we don’t yet have Saturday network finals, nor do we have any Saturday cable ratings beyond the Top 150 (which means that for now we don’t have the full Adult Swim line-up, among others). […]

  NOTE: Sunday (and Saturday) fast nationals still delayed.     NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 drops for BLUE BLOODS, GRIMM and DATELINE in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Despite many COLLEGE BASKETBALL tournaments on Friday cable, Discovery continued to rule the night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Final numbers weren’t kind today, with 0.1 drops for MOM, POWERLESS, CHICAGO MED and THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Basketball took up half of the Top 14 slots on Thursday cable, with the NBA in the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STAR gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The other changes were all in reruns, 0.1 drops for ARROW and both episodes of SVU.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of History’s SIX jumped 0.09 to 0.44.  The season premiere […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US tied a milestone in final numbers, rounding up to a 3.0 18-49 rating (actually it was 2.96, but who’s counting), its first 9PM rating at that level.  In addition, THE MIDDLE gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN, which doesn’t have much room to spare, fell 0.1 to 1.2 in final numbers (the less-rounded number was 1.21, so it wasn’t all that close).  The rerun of KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TIME AFTER TIME needs all the help that it can get, so the fact that it squeezed its way to a 0.65 in final numbers, rounding up to 0.7, makes it slightly less dismal than it was in preliminaries.  In addition, NCIS: LA gained 0.1.         […]