NETWORK FINALS: WORLD SERIES Game 5 adjusted to 5.3, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8. Elsewhere, 60 MINUTES fell 0.3 to 1.2, and WISDOM OF THE CROWD dropped 0.1 to 0.7. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: AMC’s THE […]
The MLK holiday will cause delays for national television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. As a rule of thumb, national holidays that close banks, stock markets or post offices also impact Nielsen ratings. Expect similar delays for Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. This […]
NETWORK FINALS: As we noted this morning, the preliminary ratings were more or less useless because of NFL preemptions, so we’ll do a full network rundown here. NBC: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s summer Weekend Update series debuted at a solid 1.2, well above its 0.7 lead-in from THE WALL (down 0.3 from 2 weeks […]
NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and RUNNING WILD respectively went up and down 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, THE WHISPERS fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP didn’t air last Monday due to its duty as lead-in to the premiere of BASKETBALL WIVES on Sunday, but it was back this week at the […]
NETWORK FINALS: The EMMY AWARDS adjusted to 2.5 in final numbers, down 0.3 from 2016 and a new low. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, down 2 points from last week’s final rating. On FOX, NFL adjustment pushed THE ORVILLE down half a point to 2.2, and the rerun of THE […]
Analysis to follow. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday June 8, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]
NETWORK UPDATE: ABC continued to benefit from afternoon ratings adjustments, as every show in the network’s line-up went up, MODERN FAMILY by 0.2 and THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS, BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE each by 0.1. On NBC, THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA gained 0.1 but CHICAGO PD lost the same amount. That latter change allowed NASHVILLE […]
NETWORK UPDATE: SUPERSTORE and both SUPERGIRL and SCORPION gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE BACHELOR LIVE aftershow lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Without MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL to contend with, Monday cable was VH1’s for the taking, which it did with LOVE & HIP-HOP, up 0.06 […]