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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT was at 1.20 with 0.82 for a pre-show hour, more or less steady with last year’s 1.25/0.78.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER, WIPEOUT and the FAMILY GUY rerun each gained 0.1 in final numbers. SUNDAY CABLE:  Lifetime’s THE LOTTERY premiered at 0.4, 0.1 behind its WITCHES OF EAST END lead-in (which was down 0.1 from last week).  HBO took the night, with TRUE BLOOD in the lead, up 0.2 to 1.9.  In […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Golf: PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 1.9 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-37% from 3.0 […]

    OSCAR FINALS:  The accelerated final ratings for the Oscar telecast have been released, and the 18-49 rating climbed only to 9.1, a record-setting low (and an ugly 1.4 lower than 2016).  There were 32.9M total viewers, which just managed to dodge 2008’s record low of 32M.  We’ll see in the months to come […]

  At a time of extreme uncertainty, network TV ratings were basically stable. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MAN WITH A PLAN and the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was led again by Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (that […]

  An older-skewing LITTLE BIG SHOTS didn’t stir any excitement. 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 […]