Even the night’s leader lacked the big part of its bang. 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 […]

  The Round of 16 put the NCAA TOURNAMENT into gear. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 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, September […]

  REEF BREAK ended its summer quietly. 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). Ratings analysis follows […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were plenty of 0.1 bumps to go around in final numbers, for SPEECHLESS, MODERN FAMILY, CRIMINAL MINDS, CHICAGO PD, and EMPIRE.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top of Wednesday cable was filled with sports, as TNT’s NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.6, up 0.8 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, THE BIG BANG THEORY and SUPERNATURAL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while WILL & GRACE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s Lakers vs. Nuggets […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Both hours of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the HEISMAN TROPHY CEREMONY led Saturday cable at 0.88, with lead-out TOP RANK BOXING at 0.63, and the day’s earlier COLLEGE FOOTBALL game […]

The Oscars telecast on Sunday 2.28.2016 started right on par with recent telecasts, just above 35 million viewers for both 2016 and the average of every telecast since 2007.  Generally speaking, the average Oscar show audience rises through the first hour, then holds steady until about 10:00 or 10:15 pm when the In Memoriam segment […]