NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON gamed 0.1 in final numbers, while FOR THE PEOPLE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.56/0.51.  MTV’s EX ON THE BEACH rose 0.06 to […]

  ROSEWOOD ended its season quietly. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE, THE FLASH and the rerun of BLACK-ISH adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN topped Tuesday cable, down 0.02 from last week to 0.87, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST up 0.02 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS rose 0.08 to 0.77.  The REAL QUEENS OF HIP-HOP special was at 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.05 to 0.67, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.53.  NCIS and NCIS: HAWAII were each up 0.06, respectively to 0.62/0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE fell 0.16 to 0.76, and […]

ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball’s (actually State Farm’s) Home Run Derby averaged a 2.7 rating with Adults 18-49, making it the top cable program in the past seven days and the top program on any network Monday night (edging FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef, both at a 2.5 rating in the official nationals for last night).  This is up […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 14 through Sunday September 20, 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 […]

  Nothing on network television last night was able to do better than a 1.3 rating. 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 WINTER OLYMPICS have been doing what they were meant to do for NBC.  In the first full week of ratings to include the Sochi Winter Games, NBC completely dominated the (mostly sleeping) broadcast competition with a 5.5 average primetime rating (Live + Same Day) in 18-49s.  Far, far behind were FOX (the only […]