Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 11-12, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, February 13-14, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers.  The CBS portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, up 1.2 from last week’s final network number. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was ESPN’s turn to lead cable with the NBA PLAYOFFS, at 1.92/1.42 led by San Antonio vs. Houston, as NBC Sports Net’s NHL […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.05 to 0.52, with the lead-in hour up 0.08 to 0.30.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES gained 0.03 to 0.30.  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE “first look” special was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was at the top of Friday cable, by way of Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.32/0.49/3.5M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.25/0.34/1.5M, and […]

  AMERICAN CRIME wasn’t quite up to Shondaland standards. 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 […]

  Another quiet Friday on the networks. 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 […]

  There wasn’t much dawn for the age of AQUARIUS. 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 […]