> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Boxoffice Report, New Year’s Day wasn’t the bonanza the studios were expecting it to be. PARAMOUNT:  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL‘s Sunday increase was less than half of the 33% projected, and it’s likely to fall another 15-20% today, giving it a bit over $140M in total and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NANCY DREW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.48/0.47.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.03 to 0.48.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK was steady at 0.42, and CRANK YANKERS ticked up to […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

  More finales. 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 follow the chart. ABC:  On […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Tuesday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports again led a depleted holiday week cable field.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.07 to 0.82.  ESPN’s trio of COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were at […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 24-25, 2018.  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, November 25-26, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE rose 0.1 in final numbers, but GAME OF SILENCE fell the same (it went from 1.7 to 1.3 in the course of the hour), as did BEYOND THE TANK.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With THE PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON […]

The Grammys were big–but not as big as last year’s. CBS:  The 2013 GRAMMY AWARDS had a 10.1 rating, completely dominating the night.  However, that was steeply down from last year’s 14.1 (which may have been partly the result of Whitney Houston’s sudden death before the ceremony). ABC:  It’s not clear why ABC chose to […]