NETWORK FINALS:  The MAYWEATHER/MCGREGOR PRELIMS special on FOX fell 0.2 in final numbers to 0.9, and CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game lost 0.1 to 0.5.  Elsewhere, sports preemptions caused major adjustments, as the reruns on ABC fell a respective 0.5/0.4/0.3 to triple 0.4s, NBC’s shows were down 0.3/0.2 to 0.7/0.5, and FOX’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers. SUNDAY CA BLE:  Historical dramas usually skew old, and that was certainly the case with WGN America’s new MANHATTAN, which debuted with a mere 0.18 in 18-49s, although it had a bit more than 900K total viewers–not that that number is great, either.  (Those ratings go […]

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

>Last night, FOX won again with a 3.0 Adult 18-49 rating, up from a 2.2 the same night last year.  The X Factor continues to fade but it still represents a massive time period improvement.  CBS was in second place with a 2.8 rating despite the curious decision to run repeats of Person of Interest […]

  OPENINGS:  FAST X (Universal) arrived with $67.5M.  In the US, that was slightly below the $70M for F9, one of the first big-ticket movies to brave a wide pandemic-era release in May 2021.  In terms of the franchise as a whole (leaving aside spinoff Hobbes & Shaw), Fast X was the 7th highest of […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 18 and Sunday January 19, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL Playoffs: Conference Championships Weekend Sunday 29.5 rating CBS 3:00 AFC New England-Denver (+6% from 27.9 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcasts, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS fell 0.3 to 1.0, and CONVICTION dropped 0.4 to 0.6.  CW was less affected, with SUPERGIRL unchanged and JANE THE VIRGIN down 0.1 to 0.4.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

A low-rated night with little relevance to network regular schedules. ABC:  The only network to take a chance with regular scripted programming last night, airing new episodes of LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY presumably on the theory that these family-aimed shows could find a holiday audience.  The attempt was neither success nor failure, as […]