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 21: May 16-22, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a rerun week down 0.06 to 0.43.  The first CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE in 3 weeks slipped 0.02 to 0.38.  A pair of THE ROOKIE episodes were at 0.44/0.41, up from 0.31 for the last new episode a month ago. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks […]

  A steady evening. 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 comparisons follow the chart. CBS:  […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #46 of 2013 now looks like $123 million for the top 12 films, about $4 million above yesterday’s estimate. Opening at 2,024 theaters Friday, The Best Man Holiday from Universal grossed $10.7 million Friday and $12.4 million Saturday is now on track for a $30.6 million opening weekend (still well above […]

Although IN PLAIN SIGHT was never one of USA’s breakout hits or signature shows like Monk or Burn Notice, it gave the network 5 sturdy seasons, holding down slots on 3 different nights in the course of its run, and tonight it made a dignified exit from the network. The final episode, written by series […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER had one of the biggest non-sports adjustments in memory, regaining all of the half-point it had appeared to lose from last week in the morning numbers and returning to 3.8.  Good for HIMYM, but a very odd series of events.  MIKE & MOLLY and MOM were also […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, it’s worth noting the extreme front-loading of EMERGENCE, which started at 1.1 in the 10PM-10:15PM quarter-hour, and was at 0.5 by 10:45PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated Tuesday […]

The NBA playoffs continued on three networks this weekend, and the eight games collectively were very close to the comparable games last year (+1% overall).  The two ABC games were the highest-rated by far: a 5.0 household rating for Miami-Milwaukee and 4.1 rating for New York-Boston (in Nielsen’s 56 metered markets that comprise 70% of […]