But first: NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and FOOD FIGHTERS exchanged 0.1s in final numbers, with AGT gaining the additional tenth at FOOD FIGHTERS’ expense. Below is our Top 25 chart of last night’s original cable telecasts (the #25 title on this list was the 80th-most watched cable telecast of the day), with various […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Time zone adjustments on ABC pushed AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down to 0.8, and raised the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS to 2.6, although that was still down 0.6 from last year’s final rating.  In addition, BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals […]

  Just one day left in the year–and 4 days till real network TV returns. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 7 Top Games on Saturday 3.7 rating ABC 12:00 pm # 12 Oklahoma at Texas […]

  Below are the ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts last Friday.  Friday cable is mostly for fans of WWE and the Disney Channel, but here are the numbers for a couple of other shows of interest:  THE KNICK (Cinemax) held almost exactly with the previous week at 0.13 and 407K […]

Completely updated with official national ratings. Thursday premiere night is down 23% collectively for the broadcast networks (10.5 Adult 18-49 rating last night versus 13.7 last fall on premiere Thursday).  CBS is most on track, winning the night and just two tenths of a rating point behind both last year and our estimate for the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME  and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MLB PLAYOFFS game won Tuesday cable at 2.13.  FX’s AMERICAN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for BLACK-ISH, BIG SKY and YOUNG ROCK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL led Tuesday cable at 0.53/0.75/3.6M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.23/0.45/3.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL […]