NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.7, up a big 2.6 from last week’s game.  In addition, after adjustment for afternoon football, 60 MINUTES was at 1.8, and NCIS: LA was at 0.8.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz’s POWER led […]

Game 3 of the World Series Friday night on FOX averaged a 3.1 adult 18-49 (3.08 more precisely) in the official national ratings, below the recent 2007-2013 average of a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating for Game 3 but above the previous lows for Game 3 in 2012 (2.8) and 2010 (2.9), also featuring the San Francisco Giants […]

>Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC’s schedule with a preliminary 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm, down from a 5.3 rating for the spring premiere last year on the comparable night.  The Voice averaged a 4.5 rating with young adults, down from a 5.2 last week and a 6.2 two weeks ago.  In the metered-market […]

  On a night when nothing even came close to ESPN’s coverage of Game 4 of the Boston/Miami NBA PLAYOFFS with its lofty 4.9 rating, there was still plenty to see elsewhere on cable.   HBO:  GAME OF THRONES had a royal finale with a 2.2 rating among 18-49s, its highest rating ever (and of […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  No meaningful changes from this morning’s numbers, as  THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 for a still unimpressive 2.0.  ARROW got no afternoon bump. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The DUCK DYNASTY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (A&E) was huge, scoring a 3.5 rating in 18-49s, and the network’s DYNASTY episode at 9PM was also hot at 1.7.  DYNASTY was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FBI and MASTERCHEF JR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while BLESS THIS MESS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games dominated Tuesday cable at 2.43 (Golden State vs. Houston)/1.66 (Boston vs. Milwaukee).  On History, CURSE […]

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 29-April 4, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  A down night for HAWAII 5-0. 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 follows […]