BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.03 to 0.69, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.04 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD held at 0.62, and I HEART ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.53.  NCIS dropped 0.08 to 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII (which just received a backorder) was down 0.06 to 0.42. NBC:  THE […]

    Viewers seemed to be predominantly uninterested. 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 […]

  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just about even with last year’s Thanksgiving night game. CBS:  The Eye also benefited from football, thanks […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only changes from morning numbers were 0.1 drops for the reruns of CHICAGO FIRE and IZOMBIE. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained a robust 0.22 from last week to take Tuesday cable with 1.00.  (It was clearly hurt last week by competition […]

For the second week in a row, FOX is the only network above a 2.0 rating in the prime time weekly average.  NBC is headed for a record low week: the estimated 1.13 falls comfortably below the previous low (week 19 of the season, January 28-February 3).  Week 19 had a pretty good excuse: the […]

  Hockey’s Game 7 dominated the 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 […]

With the NBA conference finals continuing last night and History’s hit mini-series Hatfields & McCoys ending its short run last night, the best the broadcast networks could muster was a 2.6 Adult 18-49 rating for FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance (up a bit from Thursday’s 2.4-rated premiere).  Last year on Wednesday, June 1, the comparable episode of SYTYCD scored […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]