Viewers didn’t want to watch TV on the Friday of Labor Day Weekend any more than they wanted to go to the movies. 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+ […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below inflated slightly by a pre-emption in Denver for NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (airing nationally on the NFL Network). The FOX numbers below are also bumped slightly by a pre-emption in New York for that Broncos-Jets game. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY dipped from last week’s event episode. 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 […]

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the third Saturday of March Madness (the Semfinals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages. CBS is now averaging over 7.7 million viewers 2+ for the tournament to date this year, up a big +28% from last year and the best performance in recent years, as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Here’s the full rundown on Wednesday’s broadcast ratings. NBC:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale was at 1.5, up 0.3 from last week but down a significant 0.6 from the 2018 finale.  An A LITTLE LATE WITH LILY SINGH special to promo the network’s new late-night show was at 0.4, […]

Here is how the week is shaping up for the top cable telecasts (in bold) and top broadcast programs (in regular type) for this week through Thursday, ranked by adult 18-49 rating.  The complete ranking for last week is provided on the left for comparison.

  A bad night everywhere but at ABC. 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 […]

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 49: November 29-December 5, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]