NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up half a point to 5.2.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, sports and news took up most of the […]

  There was little change from last week in the new weekly averages (based on 5 days of final Same Day ratings and 2 days of overnights), as again no network averaged over 1.5 in 18-49s over the course of the week.  ABC held even at 1.49, CBS was up 0.3 to 1.43, FOX had […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, down half a point from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, SUPERMARKET SWEEP and the movie COMING TO AMERICA gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 60 MINUTES and CARD SHARKS lost the same.  For the curious, the rounded zero for THE OUTPOST was actually 0.03.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s SUPER TUESDAY coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers, a bump the network probably would have preferred to receive on THE MUPPETS or AGENT CARTER (neither of which  budged from morning numbers).  NEW GIRL rose 0.1, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS lost the same.         Broadcast Official […]

The networks oh-so-slowly began to climb out of their holiday cave. NBC:  What did PARENTHOOD ever do to justify its treatment by NBC?  The show has been subject to every kind of indignity throughout its run, and last night the network, in a rush to clear the decks of new episodes (to make way for […]

  A crossover paid off. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for football preemption, THE GREAT XMAS LIGHT FIGHT, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE VOICE and THE WALL all dropped 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL had a good week, up 0.80 from last week’s game […]