NOTE:  The COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Alabama def. Clemson 45-40) aired on ESPN (and affiliated networks) at 8:30 pm ET. Ratings for the game will be available later today, and will undoubtedly dominate the Monday picture. Last year’s game (Ohio State def. Oregon 42-20 on 1.12.2015) averaged 11.0 18-49 rating and 33,246,000 persons 2+ […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.5 in final numbers (0.3 below the finals for last year’s edition), and the ARRIVALS SHOW fell to 1.4.  After adjustment for the NFL WILD CARD game that ran into FOX primetime, THE SIMPSONS adjusted to a still-tremendous 3.6, COOPER BARRETT’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE got […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN simulcast the other Saturday NFL WILD CARD game with ABC, and the ESPN piece of it was at […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MASTERCHEF JR  lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH easily won the night despite dropping 0.11 from last week to 1.23.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.71/0.68.  On Lifetime, BRING IT lost 0.09 to […]

  The return of Ricky Gervais didn’t help the GOLDEN GLOBES ratings. 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). […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 9 and Sunday January 10, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

  Even though no one who isn’t in the awards game could name a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (or would care about their opinion if they did), that group has seen its Golden Globes become the 2d most prominent award for both movies and TV.  In the last few years, the Globes […]

  OPENINGS:  THE REVENANT (Regency/20th) had an impressive $38M start, the #5 January wide opening ever (although tomorrow’s final numbers could send it below Lone Survivor‘s $37.8M, the comp it wanted to beat).  Survivor made it to $125.1M, and Revenant could do the same, especially fueled by what now seems like a can’t-miss campaign for […]