The OLYMPICS had a marquee night, but remained at a low. 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). […]

  The WORLD SERIES looked a bit healthier. 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 […]

  Football. 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 comparisons follow the chart. CBS:  The AFC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM hour of the LAST DANCE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s regular Fox News ratings policy to credit their regularly scheduled primetime programming even when those shows are preempted for live coverage […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +2% above last year and now +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.158 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $15.0 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Christmas Night rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Christmas cable was all about NBA BASKETB ALL on TNT and ESPN, with TNT’s primetime game at 1.56, the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 31 through Sunday September 6, 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only significant adjustment (to the next tenth) was upward for NBC’s primetime news coverage.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN was by far Wednesday’s highest-rated network, with all of the day’s Top 10 programming for its coverage of the […]