Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 17 through Sunday August 23, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC continued to benefit from afternoon ratings adjustments, as every show in the network’s line-up went up, MODERN FAMILY by 0.2 and THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS, BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE each by 0.1.  On NBC, THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA gained 0.1 but CHICAGO PD lost the same amount.  That latter change allowed NASHVILLE […]

  An extremely stable night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT won the night for NBC with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. ABC:  The season finale of EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS tied the 1.2 both of last week and last year’s finale. FOX:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was even at 1.3. CW:  WHOSE LINE […]

> America wasn’t in the mood for scripted drama. NBC:  The network replaced the deceased Chuck with the reality show WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? and could only pull a 4th place 1.1 in the hour (admittedly a bit better than Chuck was doing, and probably at a lower price).  GRIMM had a bad […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE CONNERS dropped 0.08 to 0.47.  THE GOLDBERGS aired for the first time since January 18, down 0.02 to 0.33.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY fell 0.09 to 0.47, and NOT DEAD YET was at 0.31 compared to last week’s 0.44/0.37.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS slipped 0.02 to 0.24. CBS:  Returning from a week […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY was at 0.56, THE PARENT TEST was at 0.45, and THE CHASE returned at 0.31. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON aired for the first time since December 8, up a tenth to 0.65.  The rest of the line-up aired for the first time since December 15, with GHOSTS steady at 0.59, […]

> Memorial Day weekend brings two strong openers and what should be a very solid weekend — well ahead of last year’s numbers for the weekend. Opening at 3,615 theaters, The Hangover Part II should average a very strong $21,400 per theater (for $79 million between the traditional three-day Friday-Sunday period).  Over the five-day Thursday-Monday […]

> DreamWorks’ Puss In Boots is opening at a solid #1 but below its forecast.  Paranormal Activity 3 is sporting a 65% decline in its second weekend (just under $20 million for the weekend), but it has nonetheless been upgraded to a $119 million final domestic estimate thanks to solid midweek business.  In Time and […]