A strong night for THE BACHELORETTE. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.51, and 20/20 was up 0.04 to 0.36. CBS:  SWAT rose 0.05 to 0.43, FIRE COUNTRY had a promising Week 2 0.08 bump to 0.48, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.02 to 0.43. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL ticked down to 0.20, and DATELINE also lost a tick […]

  ABC:  Last week, CRISTELA premiered 0.1 higher than its lead-in LAST MAN STANDING; this week, LAST MAN rose 0.1 (to 1.3) and CRISTELA declined 0.1 (to 1.2), but they’re still looking like a very compatible pair, albeit not at high numbers.  SHARK TANK as usual led everything on the networks Friday night, down 0.1 […]

  UNDATEABLE returned more live than alive. 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 and comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE and the reruns of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, WEAKEST LINK, CALL ME KAT and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The ratings remained […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Live sports led to lots of adjustments, with ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL at a final 1.1, NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS at 0.5, and FOX’s MLB BASEBALL at 0.2.  In addition, 48 HOURS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

> GCB gives, even while DST taketh away. ABC:  GCB is a very bad show, but not an unpopular one.  Its 2.3 inched up over last week’s premiere, at least in preliminary numbers, and seemed to squeak out a timeslot victory, by 0.1 over NBC and 0.2 over CBS.  It still looks awfully weak to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of NCIS and BULL each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the season finale of THE MIDDLE lost 0.1.  Notably, the fact that THE FLASH didn’t rise from prelims put it officially at a series low.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]