OPENINGS:  In the US, ONWARD (Pixar/Disney) was merely a disappointment by Pixar standards, with an OK 37% Saturday bump that allowed it to claim a $40M weekend, pending actuals on Monday.  That isn’t much better then the $34.7M launch for last year’s Lego Movie 2, and it’s far off last March’s $55M for How […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and JANE THE VIRGIN gained the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On A&E, BATES MOTEL returned at 0.66, up 0.08 from last season’s finale (but down 0.02 from the prior episode, and off 0.26 […]

        NETWORK REPORT:  Although broadcast/cable coverage of the NFL DRAFT is being given blame for some of Thursday’s low ratings, that wasn’t particularly true last year, and the addition of FOX to the cable coverage didn’t raise the cumulative total rating all that much. ABC:  Supposedly international sales justified the renewal of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The entire NBC line-up–SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE, the CHAMPIONS premiere, and CHICAGO FIRE–was down 0.1 in final numbers, probably due in part to local college basketball tournament preemptions.  Also down 0.1:  YOUNG SHELDON and SWAT.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  Solid results for ABC’s fall finales. 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 and […]

> An off-night if you didn’t have Thrones in your title. HBO:  GAME OF THRONES, airing an episode that started with a gasp-inducing surprise death (one less potential king for Westeros), was the highest-rated show on cable TV Sunday night, even beating the NBA Playoffs on TNT (although Thrones was over when the Clippers launched […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 4 through Sunday February 10, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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 for the same […]