Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 3-4, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, December 5-6, […]

> Deadline has preliminary figures for Thursday’s boxoffice, and they appear to be fairly steady with Wednesday, consistent with last year’s pattern but below 2010’s totals.  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Paramount) remains at the head of the pack with $6.2M, down about 10%.  This compares with $7.1M for last year’s #1 on the Thursday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES, THE SIMPSONS and BOB’S BURGERS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.0, down 0.3 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim’s RICK & MORTY led Sunday cable but sank by […]

  Note:  NBC and FOX NFL ratings below are adjusted to reflect our estimated final numbers after time zone adjustment.  In addition, the CBS schedule ran about half an hour late in several markets, also due to football. Preliminary numbers for the simultaneous premiere of BONNIE & CLYDE on Lifetime, A&E and History are at […]

  A few small upticks on a quiet 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 analysis and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the AFTER THE ROSE post-show lost the same amount.  RUNNING WILD also declined by 0.1, as did PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA was very steady in its place at the top of […]

  Another summer Tuesday that belonged to America’s Got Talent. ABC:  A special edition of BACHELOR IN PARADISE had the same 1.3 rating as Monday’s episode.  20/20 was down 0.1 from last week at 0.8. NBC:  Both FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT were up 0.1, to 1.1 and 2.1 respectively, with the latter show […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MINDY PROJECT avoided ending its season at a new low by rising 0.1 in final numbers (the NEW GIRL rerun that preceded it lost 0.1).  Also up 0.1:  THE VOICE (but not UNDATEABLE or ONE BIG HAPPY) and THE FLASH (but not IZOMBIE).  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS dropped 0.1. Ratings in key demos for […]