The first coronavirus-inspired entertainment special was a success. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAGNUM PI gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the NFL DRAFT lost the same (but was still up 0.2 from last year’s Friday network portion).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The ESPN portion of the NFL DRAFT was again dominant […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With the local football simulcast removed, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE lost 0.1 from this morning’s numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL led the night’s cable, down 0.19 from last week’s game […]

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 19: May 4-May 10, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 21 through Sunday September 27, 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 […]

Cable nationals for Wednesday 4.15.2015 are delayed by Nielsen.  They should be available early Friday morning, probably by 6:30 am PT / 9:30 am ET. UPDATE: Wednesday 4.15.2015 cable nationals are now posted. Meantime, here are the official live+same day ratings for Wednesday April 15, 2015 broadcast programs only:  

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.0, down 0.8 from 2019’s Game 4.  In addition, BIG BROTHER, SHARK TANK and the BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BRUCE JENNER – THE INTERVIEW held its 5.2 in final Friday numbers, although lead-in SHARK TANK gained 0.1.  As expected, CW’s numbers went down once baseball preemptions were adjusted out, with 0.1 drops for CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and an 0.2 drop for THE MESSENGERS, which put […]