OPENINGS:  FREAKY (Blumhouse/Universal) led the weekend at $3.7M.  It was the third consecutive weekend that a Universal-branded film opened at #1 (aided by the studio’s deal with AMC that allows its films to hit digital 3 weeks after theatrical release) and the fifth new #1 to open in the $3.1-4.1M range.  Like the others, […]

  UPDATE:  THE WINTER OLYMPICS didn’t adjust up quite as much as we expected, hitting 4.9.  UP fittingly went a bit higher, by 0.1 to 1.0.  SUNDAY CABLE:  Although THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) fell a sharp 1.4 from last week’s season premiere, its 6.8 was more than enough to take care of the OLYMPICS.  Its […]

  The midseason finale of THIS IS US dominated the night. 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  No good news in the final numbers for FOX, as NEW GIRL and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE stayed as is.  All changes were of the 0.1 variety:  up for NCIS, AGENTS OF SHIELD and THE ORIGINALS, down for NCIS LA, THE GOLDBERGS, TROPHY WIFE and SUPERNATURAL.  TUESDAY CABLE:  MTV’s TEEN MOM was again on […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 19-20, 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, August 20-21, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun slipped by 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The biggest ratings news of the night was the awful swoon by E!’s I AM CAIT, which lost more than half its premiere rating, down 0.58 to 0.57.  (Lead-in STEWARTS & HAMILTONS behaved likewise, down 0.23 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  For the next several days, our cable ratings charts will be posted first in preliminary form, with the charts in their usual format following a few hours later.  Some delays are also likely.  UPDATE: Top 40 Originals chart now added. NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted up by 1.7 to a […]