Below are the ratings in key demos for Monday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, along with a few lower-rated programs of interest.  If you’d like us to add any additional shows to the latter list, please let us know.  Some analysis and context follow the chart. As usual, Monday cable belonged to LOVE & […]

The Tuesday sitcom picture has changed. FOX:  It wasn’t so long ago, back in the days when The Voice was still leading off the night for NBC, that New Girl struggled mightily just to keep up with Go On.  Last night’s major-event episode, though, more than doubled Go On‘s number, with a robust 2.5 (up […]

  THE GOOD PLACE had a good exit. 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 […]

  As is usual during the fall with CBS and FOX, the network that has the late afternoon national NFL game will have the benefit of a giant lead-in for their early evening programming. 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 […]

  The night was driven by football. 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 […]

  A pair of COLLEGE FOOTBALL Conference Championships dominated Saturday primetime, both providing entry for the winners into the year’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS.  At least in preliminary numbers, FOX’s Michigan State vs. Iowa game (2.6) topped ABC’s Clemson vs. North Carolina (2.4).  NBC’s annual airing of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, at 0.6, was about where […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.6, up 0.8 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, THE BIG BANG THEORY and SUPERNATURAL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while WILL & GRACE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s Lakers vs. Nuggets […]

  Not a Happy New Year for THE GIFTED. 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 […]