The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 18 and Sunday October 19, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 7 Sunday 10.6 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly CIN-IND, KC-SD, MIA-CHI) […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The WINTER OLYMPICS climbed 0.2 in final numbers, as did  THE BIG BANG THEORY.  AMERICAN IDOL and 2 1/2 MEN were both up 0.1, while THE MILLERS had the only drop, down 0.1. THURSDAY CABLE:  PAWN STARS (History) took the lead at 1.2, up 0.1.  APPALACHIAN OUTLAWS was behind at 0.9, also […]

  A historically low premiere. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follows the chart. […]

Note: The text has been corrected to note the combined simulcast audience numbers for the Trump Town Hall on NBC, MSNBC & CNBC.      NETWORK FINALS:  The BIDEN TOWN HALL adjusted up 0.3 to 3.0 in final numbers on ABC, and the TRUMP TOWN HALL was up half a point to 2.2 (combining NBC, […]

  Another quiet Friday on the networks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follows […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  With basically full slates of original episodes now for the May sweep, the four broadcast networks collectively are up 6% from the previous week but down 12% from the same week last year.  Individually the […]

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). ###

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Golf: PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 1.9 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-37% from 3.0 […]