NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down a tick to 0.64.  On Discovery, a GOLD RUSH special dropped 0.11 from last week’s regular episode to 0.53, and the lead-out […]

On a night of reruns, no one sought out the original programming either. FOX:  Remember when the knock on X-Factor was “well, it’s no AMERICAN IDOL“?  The distance is narrowing:  last night’s 3.6 for Idol matched the X-Factor season high, and wasn’t that far over X-Factor‘s 3.0 fall average.  It was also a scary 1.8 […]

UPDATE: In the official live+same day nationals for Sunday 2.26.2017, The Oscars averaged a 9.1 18-49 rating and 32.9 million viewers 2+, a modest +6% lift from the fast nationals.  That is a record low 18-49 rating, and the total viewer counts managed to stay slightly above the 2008 low, thanks mostly to population growth in the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SINGLE PARENTS and CHICAGO PD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s ALCS MLB PLAYOFFS game topped Wednesday cable at 1.73, with Fox Sports 1’s NLCS game at 0.88.  ESPN’s NBA games were at 0.69/0.56.  The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things slid a bit for ABC after football adjustment, as expected, but even a 0.2 drop to 2.2 for THE GOOD DOCTOR is a terrific result (DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.1). There were also several adjustments at CBS, with THE BIG BANG THEORY up 0.2 to 4.1, YOUNG […]

  Another win for SHARK TANK. 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 follows the […]

  A mostly steady 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 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 13, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]