NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race adjusted up to 1.0 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of Starz’s OUTLANDER more than doubled its Season 1 finale (and also its series premiere), up an impressive two-tenths to 0.39.  Unusually, ESPN’s […]

  BIG BROTHER’s night. 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 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 and comparisons follow the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE SIMPSONS rerun went down the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunday scripted cable was led by the return of Adult Swim’s MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES at 0.67.  AMC’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, both episodes of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW (new and rerun), both reruns of THE GOLDBERGS and the 10PM MODERN FAMILY lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was soccer narrowly […]

  A decent start for DEBRIS. 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 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 and comparisons […]

  THE BACHELOR was the latest high-profile finale to take a hit. 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 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up 4 of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with telecasts ranging from 0.49 for the late afternoon game to 1.07 to the one that preceded it, while smaller-market […]

  Everyone knows that TV is a pitiless business, where a show lives or dies by the ratings it receives. Except… not always. Today, VH1 announced that it was renewing its time-travel dramedy Hindsight, even though the show’s Season 1 finale had a 0.17 rating in 18-49s, losing 70% of its Mob Wives lead-in.  (And […]