>Once again football tops the weekly cable ratings chart.  ESPN’s Monday Night Football was in its usual #1 position with a solid 5.6 Adult 18-49 rating, but the big number was turned in by the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football (a very good 4.1 rating, almost double the performance of the franchise two weeks ago).  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the rerun of THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD again led Sunday cable, down 0.02 to […]

  Note:  Due to local preemption for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, ABC’s numbers may be particularly adjusted in finals. 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 […]

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).  

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A marathon of BLACK-ISH reruns at 0.19-0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.31/0.32. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.18/0.18/0.13. FOX:  A MASKED SINGER rerun at 0.24. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.08/0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games commanded the day and night at 0.90/0.56/0.55/0.48.  Food Network’s CHOPPED […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS topped Friday cable, with the day’s 4 games all in the Top 6 at 1.41/0.46 (TBS) and 0.66/0.42 (Fox Sports 1).  A&E’s LIVE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no joy for NBC in final Tuesday numbers, which remained as-is for the network’s line-up.  The DANCING WITH THE STARS cycle finale, however, gained 0.1, as did NCIS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NOTE:  Due to […]

  The X Factor cycle finale dominated a night of specials and reruns. FOX:  X FACTOR‘s 3.1 was down a substantial 0.7 from the last cycle finale, but was still enough to win on a weak holiday season night. ABC:  The night started with 1.4 for yet another Charlie Brown special, then the CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS special only […]