Newcomers continue to arrive solidly. 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 […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf PGA: The Masters “A Tradition (of Discrimination and Pompousness) Unlike Any Other” 2.48 rating ESPN 3:00 […]
To no one’s surprise, NBC has announced midseason sitcom launches that try to take maximum adventage of the upcoming Winter Olympics–and The Voice. Starting on February 25, the first Tuesday after the Olympics ends, ABOUT A BOY and GROWING UP FISHER will air in the 9PM hour, running directly after the Tuesday edition of […]
MONDAY UPDATE: There were several 0.1 adjustments, a couple of which are worth noting. HANNIBAL’s increase was reduced by half when it lost 0.1 from early numbers, and HART OF DIXIE didn’t go up at all when the adjustment was factored in. LAST MAN STANDING, THE NEIGHBORS, DATELINE and 20/20 all bumped up 0.1 […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 8-9, 2017. 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, July 9-10, […]
For broadcasters: The end of the world as you know it? Walking Dead not only tops the cable ratings chart, but also beat everything else on TV — by far. The highest-rated program in prime time last week on broadcast television with adults 18-49 was the the second game of the NCAA double-header Sunday that spilled into […]
With all the hubbub about its dramatic contortions, THE KILLING has been surprisingly stable in the ratings since midway through its first season (it’s down about 30% from its original debut), and last night’s Season 3 premiere was on par with most of its numbers since then, 1.8M total viewers and what should be […]
NETWORK FINALS: It was a busy night for adjustments, with THE BACHELORETTE finale up 0.2, and 0.1 bumps for THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT, LET’S MAKE A DEAL PRIMETIME, the 8PM episode of NEXT and the rerun of THE VOICE. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]