NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings, including to the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION numbers.  In contrast, last week’s Democratic Convention Night 3 ratings rose on 2 networks in finals, the result being that the RNC ended up at 0.3/0.3/0.3, while the DNC was at 0.4/0.3/0.5 on the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A synergistic run of the original AVATAR was at 0.35, followed by a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.18. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks ago when the network didn’t have the late national NFL game, 60 MINUTES gained 0.04 to 0.75, followed by a NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING special at 0.41, […]

>The official nationals for Monday show that ABC came down three tenths of a rating point, to a 2.9 Adult 18-49 rating for the evening, and NBC dropped two tenths of a rating point to a 1.2 rating.  Both adjustments are due to the local broadcast coverage of ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the […]

      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 […]

  HBO reports that the initial airing of last night’s GIRLS Season 2 finale was watched by 632,000 total viewers.  That’s down about 37% from the Season 1 finale last year, and down about 27% from the Season 2 premiere–and even down 7% from the previous week, an odd result for a season finale but […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 14: March 29-April 4, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  Remember all those people who said they’d never watch GAME OF THRONES or for that matter HBO again after the Red Wedding?  Well, they didn’t go anywhere.  Last night’s Season 3 finale had a viewership of 5.4M people, even higher than the 5.2M who tuned in for the Stark/Frey nuptials.  It was also a […]

  SECRETS & LIES was strongest of the night’s season 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 […]