Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 22-23, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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, September 23-24, […]

  Another quiet Tuesday on the networks. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the night’s highest rated show, but its 2.5 was down 0.2 from last week. ABC:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS held at 1.2. FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE fell 0.2 from last week to 1.3. CW:  WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY was up 0.1 to 0.9, a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 1.37.  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.92.  CW’s shows were at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s portion of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.39/0.36/0.31/0.29/0.17/0.16/0.15/0.11/0.11.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.33/0.31/0.19/0.18, with UFC PRELIMS at 0.31.  Hallmark’s original movie […]

>One full week into the November sweep, we are starting to get a clear picture of the relative position of each network.  FOX is holding on above a 4 rating in first place, up significant double digits over last year.  CBS is in second at a 2.8, up 11% over last November’s first seven days, […]

  All four of this weekend’s wide releases began with Thursday night screenings last night, but only KICK-ASS 2 (Universal) reported the results.  Kick Ass 2 started with a $1.3M Thursday (screenings started at 8PM), below last week’s Elysium ($1.7M) but in the same range as White House Down ($1.35M) and 2 Guns ($1.2M).  Both […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.79.  FOX’s MLS match was at 0.15.  CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.06.  In late night, NBC’s SNL dropped 0.05 to 0.81.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 1.18/0.48/.31/0.30/0.22, with the network’s UFC PRELIMS at 0.65, and ESPN2’s […]

>It was a surprisingly good night for network television last night with three networks up over the same night last year and only NBC flat to marginally down versus last year.  ABC led the way with the 45th Country Music Awards, up a tenth of a rating point over last year’s edition.  FOX’s The X […]

  ABC’s lesson for the night is that lead-ins matter. 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). […]