Viewers weren’t enthused about a Trump-less CELEBRITY APPRENTICE. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SONGLAND rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On USA, the final season premiere of SUITS was at 0.21, down 0.07 from last July’s premiere and […]

  Thanks mostly to last night’s ACADEMY AWARDS, ABC enjoyed one of its very few weekly wins of the season.  The network was at 3.34 last week, up a huge 2.23 from the week before, while NBC was at 1.79 (down a massive 2.44 with the end of the Olympics), CBS averaged 1.69 (up 0.55 […]

  THE PASSION didn’t inspire much. 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 […]

  Farewell to MIDNIGHT, TEXAS. 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 follows the chart. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT telecast adjusted to 1.3/1.3/3.0 (the latter hour being the Duke game), compared to 1.4/1.1/2.4 on last year’s parallel night.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was dominated once again […]

  A crossover night boosted NBC’s CHICAGO ratings. 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As usual, AMERICAN IDOL went up 0.1 in final numbers.  Also slightly up:  MODERN FAMILY and SUBURGATORY.  But MIXOLOGY fell another 0.1, hurting its chances for survival.  The CSI rerun also slipped 0.1. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  Glass half full:  DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) was up 0.6 from last week to 2.5 for its season […]