No real competition for WWE SMACKDOWN. 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 […]

DNC Night 4 ratings below. In the past three election cycles, the audience for the final night of the DNC went up between 4.4 million and 10.6 million viewers 2+ from the prior night across the six major news networks in the 10 pm ET hour. Last night was up a small 325K viewers from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage and the rerun TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun YOUNG SHELDON lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The final night of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION was […]

  The final night of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION remained within the 0.2-0.4 range of the previous nights.  In 2016 Night 4 rose from Night 3, although that was mostly because CBS (which had Thursday’s big lead-in) doubled its Wednesday number.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage on both ABC and NBC gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHILGHTS:  DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION COVERAGE on CNN led Wednesday cable at 1.07/0.81, with MSNBC at 0.69, and Fox News again outrating […]

  The preliminary ratings for Night 3 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION inched up to 0.3-0.4, a different dynamic than the 2016 edition, which dropped significantly on its 3rd night (although this year’s numbers are still much lower than 4 years ago). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers (putting the show at 0.7, probably a new low), and the CBS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Night 2 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION had CNN […]

  The preliminary DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ratings were consistent with Monday at 0.2-0.3, a much tighter range than the ratings in 2016, which were at 0.4-1.3 on the broadcast networks.  (NBC was on the high end, thanks to a 2.2 lead-in from that year’s AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.)  Look for Mitch Metcalf’s detailed analysis of the […]