NOTE: The ABC numbers below will decline slightly in the official nationals this afternoon because of local pre-emptions in Kansas City and Milwaukee for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). The CBS numbers below for the NFL special game (rescheduled from Sunday afternoon) will rise in the official nationals when live viewing on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8.  In addition, the reruns of THE WALL, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and SNL all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Auburn vs. Georgia COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led Saturday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of sports-related adjustments.  On ABC, Game 3 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 2.2 (down 2.4 from 2019’s Game 3, on a Wednesday in June), and BLACK-ISH lost 0.2 to 0.6.  On CBS, 60 MINUTES adjusted to 1.6/0.7.  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.5, down 0.8 from […]

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 28-October 4, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 28 through Sunday October 4, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 2.4, down 50% from 2019’s Game 2 (on a Sunday in June).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MLB WILD CARD game was at 0.59.  Cable news was topped by CNN’s SITUATION […]

  Live basketball and football may lead to adjustments for almost every network. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  There were no new wide openings this weekend, and with the postponement of No Time To Die until 2021, and the announcement that Regal Theaters may be re-closing some or all of its houses, it’s not clear when the major studios will be returning.  (Currently Pixar/Disney’s Soul and Universal’s The Croods 2 are […]