The necks are dwindling for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE VILLAGE and the rerun of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of PENN & TELLER: TRY THIS AT HOME gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another win for TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE franchise at 0.80/0.49/0.45, compared […]

  Broadcast TV’s biggest hits continued heading downward. 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 […]

> FOX’s 4-sitcom Tuesday excited no one. FOX:  I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER and BREAKING IN made unimpressive returns to the schedule.  Daughter could claim a decent retention of its RAISING HOPE lead-in, and it also won the head-to-head sitcom battle at 8:30PM–but really there’s nothing good about a 1.6 premiere.  Breaking In had less […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA telecast gained 0.3 in final numbers, and NBC’s SNL rerun was up 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL ruled Saturday cable, with ESPN games taking 4 of the top 6 slots at 0.61/0.48/0.47/0.46 (plus a COLLEGE GAMEDAY report at […]

  One network’s finale night fared better than another’s. 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 […]

NOTE: The NBC 8-9PM numbers below contain viewing of the 30 ROCK special in most markets, but the special (which also promoted ComcastNBC programming and the Peacock streaming service) did not air on multiple stations not owned by NBC. The numbers for the 30 ROCK special should decline somewhat when the accurate program ratings are […]