NETWORK UPDATE:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1 and THE ISLAND fell 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual on Mondays without special events, the cable night belonged to USA’s WWE coverage and VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP.  The former was at 1.38-1.25 over its 3 hours (up about a tenth from […]

>Another night of all repeats on the broadcast networks last night.  Saturday night some original programming returns to the schedule with New Year’s Eve specials hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Carson Daly.              Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     CBS    FOX    ABC    NBC12.29.2011   2.0    […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a moderately good night for AMC, where FEAR THE WALKING DEAD’s 1.09, while down 0.54 from last week, got there without a WALKING DEAD […]

NOTE: All ratings below distorted by 9 NFL Preseason games in 18 major markets. ABC, NBC and FOX ratings inflated by major local pre-emptions. The CBS ratings are below are unreliable. Viewing in Los Angeles (from 5-8 pm PT) is not included in the fast nationals and will added to the official ratings for Saturday […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.45. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.07 to 0.27, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST was steady at 0.29, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.46. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.47. CW:  A rerun of 2040 at 0.02. […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The NCAA FINALS adjusted up to 7.2 in final numbers, but that was still significantly down from last year’s 8.4.  What time zone adjustment giveth it also taketh away, and that BIG BANG THEORY rerun at 8PM looked a lot less impressive when reduced to 2.0, while the game’s PRE-GAME SHOW fell […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CON was at 0.28, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION rose 0.07 to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.18. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL was at 0.24/0.25, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.08 to 0.57. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked down to 0.02, and […]