>From tvbythenumbers.com, decisive Game 5 last night (Detroit Tigers edging the New York Yankees 3-2 in the Bronx) made TBS the number three network in all of primetime television with a 7.3 Household rating in the metered markets, which represent over half the country equipped for next-day local ratings (as opposed to the fast nationals which provides a […]

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 3-9, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE:  Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,869,000 last year, 5,366,000 in 2012, 4,927,000 in 2011, 4,134,000 in 2010, 4,290,00 in 2009, and 2,529,00 in 2008.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL at 0.39 was followed by an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.11 to 0.58, and UNITED STATES OF AL lost 0.05 to 0.41.  The season finale of GHOSTS slipped 0.04 to 0.56, and HOW WE ROLL fell 0.08 to 0.35.  […]

  The STANLEY CUP finals came to an end. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, and ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.9.  There were no other changes from preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All the day’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were outrated by ESPN’s […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SVU gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (Note, the chart below has a mistake: DESIGNATED SURVIVOR aired a new episode.)           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Perhaps for the first time, MLB Network had the top show on cable Wednesday with the […]

  How much of Friday’s mediocre boxoffice is attributable to a post-Aurora uneasiness about going to multiplexes, how much to competition from the most watched Olympics Opening Ceremonies in history, and how much to simple lack of enthusiasm about the movies on display?  All three probably played a part. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) was […]