BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.49, down 0.15 from last Tuesday.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY fell 0.16 to 0.41, and BLACK-ISH was down 0.11 to 0.30.  The season finale of QUEENS lost 0.03 to 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.31/0.25. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.54, down 61% from the parallel night in […]

  Amazingly, EMPIRE continues to climb. 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 the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK returned from a week off steady at 0.55.  20/20 jumped 0.33 to 0.49. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.05 to 0.36, MAGNUM PI rose 0.06 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.46. NBC:  PARALYMPICS coverage was at 0.19, and DATELINE fell a tenth to 0.27.  A rerun […]

  Yep:  EMPIRE was up again. 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 the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The night started with a KARDASHIANS special tied in to the upcoming (Disney-owned) Hulu series at 0.46.  The rest of the line-up aired for the first time in 2 weeks, with an out-of-timeslot episode of THE WONDER YEARS up 0.02 to 0.33, HOME ECONOMICS down 0.05 to 0.32, and A MILLION […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT was at 0.45 on broadcast, down 0.02 from last year. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dipped 0.02 to 0.25.  Airing for the first time since April 8, BLUE BLOODS fell 0.09 to 0.31, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.03 to 0.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST fell […]

A very normal set of ratings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 20, the second and final day of the Round of 64.  After a very exciting Thursday with many upsets and close games, Friday was more by the book, with higher-seeded teams mostly winning (often with lopsided margins).  The ratings for the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  THE GREAT AMERICAN TAG SALE was at 0.35, and THE AMERICAN RESCUE DOG SHOW was at 0.25. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.79, down 0.13 from last week and down two-tenths from the December 2021 finale (however, in December it was presented as a 2-hour finale and separate lower-rated […]