It’s been a busy couple of days for premieres and returns on basic cable (pay cable’s big night is this upcoming Sunday, when both HBO and Showtime begin their winter schedules). The winner: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS on ABCFamily, with a strong 1.4 rating in 18-49s that was beaten for the night only by an […]
The second night of the Republican National Convention declined to 19.4 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable networks in the 10-11 pm ET hour (from 22.5 million Monday) and now slightly below the comparable night in 2012 and 2008. Viewing in the 25-54 sales demographic really suffered, falling to 5.7 […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.04 to 0.67, and QUEENS was down 0.03 to 0.28. CBS: Back from 2 weeks of reruns, FBI dropped 0.12 to 0.58, FBI: INTERNATIONAL fell 0.12 to 0.46, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.19 to 0.44. NBC: A recap episode of THE VOICE was at 0.54, down […]
Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest. If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know. Some analysis and context follow the chart. Several networks took the Sunday of Labor Day weekend off, notably HBO, […]
> Matthew and Lady Mary 4Ever! The second season finale of DOWNTON ABBEY was watched by 5.4 million people, and while that may not sound like a lot (it’s about the same number as watched last night’s episode of Happy Endings, 3rd place in its timeslot), for PBS it’s pretty much Avatar. It was the […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The only change from this morning’s numbers was a 0.1 bump for BIG BROTHER. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN dominated with its coverage of the NBA DRAFT, scoring 1.53 for the draft telecast itself (all nearly 5 hours of it–we don’t have an hour-by-hour breakdown), 1.01 for the pre-show, and 0.71 for the post show SPORTSCENTER. […]
NETWORK FINALS: EMERGENCY CALL lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN didn’t have to share MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with ABC this week, so ESPN-to-ESPN, the rating was up a huge 1.90 to 4.60, although the games were only […]
NETWORK FINALS: The GREY’S ANATOMY season finale and the 10PM AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: With no NBA game on Thursday night, NBC Sports Net was able to get a win with its NHL PLAYOFFS […]