Small shifts. 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 the chart. […]

>Some new arrivals didn’t get anyone excited. NBC: This year’s CELEBRITY APPRENTICE freak-show made its entrance onto the scene, down 0.2 from last year’s premiere despite the boosted lead-in of a Voice repeat. Still, that was enough to win both of its hours. CBS: The network’s schedule was somewhat disrupted by a golf overrun (which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, 60 MINUTES and MADAM SECRETARY each adjusted down by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the reruns of LITTLE BIG SHOTS and THE SIMPSONS.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC devoured another Sunday night, as THE WALKING DEAD rose […]

>Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC’s schedule with a preliminary 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm, down from a 5.3 rating for the spring premiere last year on the comparable night.  The Voice averaged a 4.5 rating with young adults, down from a 5.2 last week and a 6.2 two weeks ago.  In the metered-market […]

      This morning, every singing competition series tried to sign Adele. NBC:  ADELE LIVE IN LONDON did (for summer) a very solid 1.7, winning its hour and beating ABC’s season premiere of Secret Millionaire.  The MISS USA PAGEANT handed NBC the night with a 1.8, although that was down a significant 0.4 from […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An IN SEARCH OF WAKANDA tie-in special for the upcoming Marvel/Disney movie was at 0.30, followed by 20/20 down 0.07 to 0.31. CBS:  SWAT gained 0.02 to 0.43, FIRE COUNTRY dropped 0.05 to 0.42, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.06 to 0.35. NBC:  The series premiere of LOPEZ VS LOPEZ was […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 21 and Sunday May 22 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: Preakness Stakes […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts are posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text this morning, a closer look at the finals: CBS:  SUPERGIRL crawled up to 1.27 in finals, allowing it to barely escape […]