Sunday night was Oscars 2015, but fewer TV viewers seemed to care this year. The Neil Patrick Harris-led ceremony brought in 37.3 million total viewers, representing d the lowest total since 2009 (36.3 million total). The 11.0 rating in the 18-49 demo was the lowest since 2008 (10.8). Apparently The Oscars and The Walking Dead don’t necessarily share […]
Saturday night came in with a Bang and left with a whimper. With no NBA or NASCAR programming in primetime, TBS’ incessant re-runs of The Big Bang Theory managed to take the night in the 18-49 demo, scoring a 1.1 in the demo at 10 and 10:30pm ET. Right on the crew’s heels was the 8pm […]
ABC might not be thrilled with Sunday night’s Live+Same Day Oscars numbers when they’re officially released by Nielsen tomorrow morning, but their Friday night non-scripted powerhouse continues to impress. Shark Tank scored a very solid 2.2 in the demo to go with over 8.4 million viewers. The 2.2 made it by far the highest-rated program of the evening. Tied for […]
Two and a Half Men signed off on a high note Thursday night, albeit shy of the ratings highs it hit in its prime. With an average 3.2 rating P 18-49, the show was up a 1.1 points from the previous Thursday, and scored its best performance in the key demo since May 2013. Total […]
The continued ratings growth for Empire is almost getting ridiculous at this point. Fox’s midseason titan rose yet again in its seventh episode, setting another high bar for its Live+SD performance. The latest high has Empire averaging a 5.2 among adults 18-49. That’s up FOUR-tenths of a point from the previous high last week. Viewership was also […]
Despite intense competition from the 2015 NBA All Star Game on TNT, and even stiffer competition on broadcast from The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special on NBC, The Walking Dead still performed well enough to double up the cable competition during the week ending February 15th. The remainder of the top-5 was a TNT vs. AMC-fest: […]
Anchored by 2015 NBA All Star Weekend festivities, including the big game itself in Sunday night primetime, TNT finished the week ending February 15th as the #1 network on cable, almost exclusively thanks to All Star Weekend. TNT was also the most-watched network on cable last week. Will it remain at or near the top […]
Broadcast TV often leads the charge on Tuesday nights, and this one was no different. Leading Tuesday night on the broadcast networks, both NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans were still down from last week’s showings on CBS. NCIS, averaging a 2.6 rating among adults 18-49, was down three-tenths of a point while spinoff New Orleans […]
Off just one-tenth from last week’s season high, The Bachelor reigned over broadcast TV’s Monday landscape with an 2.6 rating among the 18-49 set. Coupled with an even Castle (1.6), ABC topped another Monday in the key demo. On CBS, 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly stayed steady in the demo (2.2). M&M led […]
NBC is probably wishing 40th anniversaries came along every week. The network’s three-and-a-half hour Sunday special to commemorate 40 years of Saturday Night Live put up monster numbers. The three hours that aired in primetime an averaged 7.8 rating among 18-49 and over 23.1 million viewers, numbers stronger than the majority of last season’s Sunday […]
NBA All-Star Saturday Night hit The Big Apple with force, and TNT would happily benefit. The primetime telecast dominated the Saturday competition in the demo (2.8) and edged SNL in total viewership (6.1 million versus 5.1 million). The 5.1 million total for SNL was a 1 million total viewer improvement from the previous week, and the episode […]
There was Shark Tank, and then there was everyone else. The Friday night power earned the “Friday The 13th” love of millions, as well as the love of ABC execs. The episode scored a 3.6 in the demo, to go with almost 15.5 million viewers in total. To put that in perspective, the previous week’s […]