Note that although NBC aired a national PRESEASON NFL game last night, other local stations aired competing local games, so there may be an unusual number of adjustments this afternoon. 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 […]

  RIO 2 (20th/Blue Sky) appears to be losing altitude, according to preliminary box office numbers at Deadline.  The sequel reportedly climbed 30-34% on its second day of release, from $11.9M on Friday to $16M or less.  That would be a big drop from the 69% bump the first Rio had on its initial Saturday […]

  Perhaps yesterday’s lion-slaying story helped the animals-on-the-march thriller ZOO. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1, and the rerun of BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE retained its Friday cable crown, although on the slow pre-holiday night it was down 0.17 to 0.80, with CATCHING MONSTERS down 0.05 to 0.34.  Lots of family shows and sports hit […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MSNBC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was at 1.08/1.40/6.6M for the main body of the debate, and 0.89/1.18/5.6M for the overrun, above the 0.85 for the last MSNBC […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Two smackdowns topped Thursday cable, but it was USA’s WWE match that prevailed, down a tenth to 0.75 (and followed by a steady 0.39 for COLONY).  Wrestling edged out CNN’s coverage of the PBS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 6: February 1-7, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  Only one network aired a full original line-up last night. 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 […]