NETWORK UPDATE:  ONCE UPON A TIME and THE GOOD WIFE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The latter tied GOOD WIFE with MADAM SECRETARY at 1.5, and gave GOOD WIFE a convincing win over REVENGE when they went head-to-head at 10PM (not that it’s hard to have a convincing win over REVENGE).  60 MINUTES […]

  The burn-off fire grew larger, but not brighter. 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). Ratings analysis follows […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little change from this morning’s numbers, with 0.1 increases for AGENTS OF SHIELD, THE VOICE, THE BIGGEST LOSER and DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC.  ABC will hope the boost for SHIELD means that the show has leveled out after 2 months of nearly constant decline. TUESDAY CABLE:  A big episode of SONS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE both gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were again at the top of cable, with TBS’s game at 0.68 and Fox Sports 1’s game […]

>Tonight the audience will be back to normal levels — the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend does not suffer the TV usage declines that start Wednesday and continue through Saturday night.  Last night was a very typically quiet Saturday night of the long holiday weekend. ABC led the way with college football, #6 Stanford defeating #22 […]

  A particularly bleak night for network TV.  (Note: the current high number for the 7PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS is actually the overrun for FOX’s afternoon DAYTONA 500 coverage. Program titles and start and end times will be corrected in the official nationals on Wednesday.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ACM HONORS lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the full CW line-up (both new and rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Illinois vs. South Florida COLLEGE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC didn’t get the bump from adjusted ratings that it had hoped for, as Game 1 of the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS rose only to 1.9 in final numbers, leaving it 0.6 below last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, most of the ABC line-up gained 0.1, including MOTIVE, and although THE 100 stayed […]