Updated Olympic nightly ratings track and Olympics averages through Thursday, Aug 2.

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The ARROW rerun on CW lost 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) was cable-watchers’ choice last night at a steady 0.99.  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) took a big 0.2 leap up from last week to 0.95, followed by a steady 0.46 for […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 13 through Sunday April 19, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is […]

On a night that featured gold medal victories for US women’s soccer, women’s water polo and men’s decathlon (none of which are particularly TV-friendly events), NBC Olympic coverage in prime time averaged a preliminary 6.8 Adult 18-49 rating, on track to be the lowest-rated night so far from London and lower than the same night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER finale, the preceding clip-show hour and THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE  dropped 0.06 to 0.45.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY was steady […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the PERSON OF INTEREST rerun, while the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained a tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL game eked out a narrow victory […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.59, THE WONDER YEARS slipped 0.02 to 0.41, THE CONNERS was down a tick to 0.50, and HOME ECONOMICS was steady at 0.30.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost 0.03 to 0.25. CBS:  SURVIVOR climbed 0.13 to 0.97, TOUGH AS NAILS dropped 0.02 to 0.37, and CSI: […]

The highest rated program on cable the past week was Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN, a very good 4.9 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday night.  (Boston tied the series 2-2 with a 93-91 overtime victory over the Miami Heat.)  It was also the highest rated program with young adults on […]