Some significant drops for the night’s big shows. 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 […]

> PBS had to dust off its forms and sharpen the quill pens it uses to announce big ratings news, because DOWNTON ABBEY came back strong in its Season 2 debut. The network announced that Downton‘s premiere was watched by 4.2 million viewers.  Apart from doubling PBS’s usual primetime average–which is no surprise–it was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MODERN FAMILY, LETHAL WEAPON and CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the ARROW rerun lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable, with Portland vs. Golden […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, down 0.2 from last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, NEW AMSTERDAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, although it fell 0.23 from last week to 0.69, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Christmas Night rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Christmas cable was all about NBA BASKETB ALL on TNT and ESPN, with TNT’s primetime game at 1.56, the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only adjustment from early numbers was a 0.1 boost for the BOB’S BURGERS rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy night for pay-TV.  On HBO, the final season of THE LEFTOVERS launched at 0.39, down 0.09 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTER OF ILLUSION and the SHARK TANK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the special 9PM 20/20 on the Dallas shootings lost the same.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The events in Dallas made Friday another day dominated by […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s 3-episode airing of BLACK NARCISSUS was at 0.07/0.04 and off the chart at 0.03/310K. ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.62, up […]