Happy 4th of July! No one was watching television last night. CBS:  Somebody had to win last night, and it was CBS, with a whopping 1.2 evening average.  BIG BROTHER hit an all-time low 1.6 (down 0.6 from last week).  After that, THE AMERICAN BAKING COMPETITION‘s 1.2 was enough to win at 9PM, and […]

Lots of moves from ABC, some–but not all–of which we anticipated.   Let’s take a look night-by-night: MONDAY:  The aging DANCING WITH THE STARS isn’t ideal, but as we anticipated, it’s the best ABC is likely to do on the night for now, paired with the returning CASTLE.  

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION dropped 0.05 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was down 0.05 to 0.44. CW:  After a KILLER CAMP rerun at 0.03, DYNASTY was down 0.02 to 0.02. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP was at 0.19, AMOR VALIENTE […]

NOTE: We won’t have Thursday cable ratings until next week, but it’s a good bet that NFL Network’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL will dominate the eventual Christmas Eve ratings.  Meanwhile, the San Diego at Oakland game likely had very little impact on the broadcast fast nationals.  With two west coast teams involved, any local broadcast pre-emptions […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAGNUM PI and BULL both gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DANCING WITH THE STARS and 9-1-1 lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.06, up 0.46 from last week’s game.  Fox Sports […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 1 through Sunday November 7, 2021. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 10.3.  Elsewhere, the rerun of THE TITAN GAMES dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun NCIS: LA lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL coverage was at 0.69/0.45.  […]

> Today’s announcement that CBS extended its rights to the Grammy Awards for another 10 years and NBC’s recent winning bid for the next four Olympic Games are evidence that broadcast networks are doing everything possible to keep first-class specials programming on their air.  Specials account for about 20% of a network’s yearly schedule (approximately […]