The State of the Union night that wasn’t. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 9 and Sunday April 10, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: The Masters (Augusta, […]

  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just about even with last year’s Thanksgiving night game. CBS:  The Eye also benefited from football, thanks […]

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 40: September 26-October 2, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07/0.06.  Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.71.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS led […]

>Complete ratings tracks will be updated later than usual.  But first, the main headlines.  American Idol returned from 8-10 pm with a preliminary 7.2 rating with Adults 18-49, down from a 9.7 on the same night last year but still towering over the competition. The biggest victims of Hurricane Idol were comedies on NBC and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that the FOX line-up was incorrect, and that the 8PM hour consisted of LAST MAN STANDING at 1.0 (originally listed as an hour at 0.9) followed by THE COOL KIDS at 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA […]