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 14: March 28-April 3, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  OPENINGS:  DUNE: PART TWO (Legendary/Warners) landed at the high end of projections with $81.5M.  Comparisons with the 2021 Dune have little meaning, since that film was part of the studio’s controversial year of premiering simultaneously in theaters and via streaming, but compared to recent blockbusters, Dune 2 was below Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania […]

  One new scripted show had an OK premiere, the other didn’t. 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). […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At this point, it’s far from a surprise that all of ABC’s sitcoms gained in afternoon adjusted ratings:  THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH by 0.1, and MODERN FAMILY by 0.2.  (No goodies for NASHVILLE, though.)  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Wednesday (plus a few other lower-rated […]

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Ratings below for ABC, CBS and especially NBC are inflated by local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. Also, The CW inflated by New York pre-emption for MLB Yankees-Mets game. ABC pre-emptions in Washington DC, Buffalo and Jacksonville. CBS in Miami. NBC in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Given all the adjustments to come, we’ll hold ratings […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.02 to 0.78, and CLAIM TO FAME slipped 0.02 to 0.33. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.26/0.22/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rose 0.07 to 0.46, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.04 to 0.33. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS returned from an off-week at 0.29, and BEAT SHAZAM was up 0.04 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EVIL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Freeform, the season premiere of GROWN-ISH was at 0.21 compared to last season’s 0.28/0.24, and the premiere of EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE OKAY was at 0.12/0.07. TLC owned Thursday […]

  OPENINGS:  Everything stayed pretty much as is after Monday’s estimates were released.  THE POSSESSION (Lionsgate) has the #2 Labor Day 4-day opening weekend with $21.3M.  LAWLESS (Weinstein Company) is trying to stay ahead of last year’s The Debt, and is currently claiming to be $148,400 in front over 4 days–we’ll find out tomorrow if that’s […]