NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA was at the top of Tuesday cable, as WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.12 to 0.98, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST went up 0.02 to 0.80.  ESPN’s NBA […]

  PRISON BREAK returned solidly from parole. 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 […]

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through Championship Monday of March Madness. One game has been added to the CBS average. CBS averaged almost 8.4 million viewers 2+ for its 24 games this year, up a big +39% from last year and up +15% from the 2012-2016 average, as the Final Four and Championship game returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP adjusted to 7.1, down a full 2 points from the last broadcast airing in 2015 (although up 1.2 from last year’s cable telecast).  The timezone adjustment also pushed the BIG BANG THEORY rerun down to 1.2.  In addition, NBC reshuffled by 0.1, with THE VOICE up […]

  The NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP returned to network TV. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 1-2, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, April 2-3, […]

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:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Of course AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD towered over the rest of Sunday cable. But its 5.42 rating, while up 0.54 from last week, was down a […]