NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MAYA RUDOLPH SHOW didn’t start until 10:01PM, so it went down 0.1 while THE VOICE gained that much.  In terms of the future viability of a regular Maya Rudolph series (the special was more or less a pilot for one), it’s not a good sign that the show started with a […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 14 Sunday 11.2 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly PIT-CIN NYJ-MIN BUF-DEN) […]

  Megyn Kelly’s much-hyped NBC debut was muted. 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 full week sports ratings for Monday March 28 through Sunday April 3, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

  FRIDAY NETWORK UPDATE:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but UTOPIA remained at its dismal 0.5. Ratings for Friday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts in key demos (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As it usually does, WWE on Syfy took Friday night, down 0.04 from last week to 0.77, and perhaps not surprisingly, it’s […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Fox rolls on, running away with 2014 worldwide with another $144 million this week (mostly from continued strong overseas grosses from Maze Runner and Gone Girl).  Fox is a huge #1 with almost $4.2 billion for the year to date worldwide.  The next best week came from lowly Universal ($134 million worldwide the past week), […]

No changes in the studio rankings this week, but four studios had $100+ million weeks: Paramount (with the release of Anchorman 2), Disney (the release of Saving Mr. Banks and continued international strength of Frozen), Sony (the release of American Hustle) and Warner Brothers (continued overseas prowess of The Hobbit despite a reduction in the domestic projection for the film).  For a […]

  REVOLUTION showrunner/creator Eric Kripke said a lot of the right things at tonight’s PaleyFest session for his show.  Kripke told the crowd that with the series universe having been established, when the show returns from hiatus on March 25, it will be faster-paced and more heavily-plotted, with an increasing number of twists rooted in […]